Dr. Neil Christie

The Fall of the Western Roman Empire

Archaeology, History and the Decline of Rome

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a fresh assessment of the Western Roman Empire's ostensible decline. Neil Christie presents a compelling argument that the Roman Empire did not dissolve; rather it was simply transformed in the West and persisted in the East.

Produktdetails

• Historical Endings
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 153mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780340759660
• ISBN-10: 0340759666
• Artikelnr.: 21244116

Autorenporträt

Neil Christie

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Questioning Decline in the Late Roman West
1 The Fall of the Late Roman West: Contexts of Change, AD 200-500
2 Defending the Late Roman West I: Armies, Commanders and Enemies
3 Defending the Late Roman West II: Frontiers, Forts and Towns
4 Towns and Urban Society in the Late Empire
5 Three Capitals of the West: Rome, Milan, Ravenna
6 Pagans and Christians in the Late Roman West
7 Communications, Trade and Land
8 The Ends of Rome in the West
Conclusions: An Empire Lost and Transformed
Bibliography
Index