How Rome fell
BY Adrian Goldsworthy
Published by Yale University Press
Year Published 2009
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author explores the years of Roman decline, from the second to the sixth century, when men,women, heroes, and tyrants made decisions that altered Romes’s destiny. He brings into sharp focus a factor often neglected by historians, namely Rome’s frequent civil wars, and shows that from 217 AD onward, almost constant internal conflicts sapped the empire’s strength in ways that eventually proved fatal.
Notes - Slight wear and tear on dust jacket.
BY Adrian Goldsworthy
Published by Yale University Press
Year Published 2009
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author explores the years of Roman decline, from the second to the sixth century, when men,women, heroes, and tyrants made decisions that altered Romes’s destiny. He brings into sharp focus a factor often neglected by historians, namely Rome’s frequent civil wars, and shows that from 217 AD onward, almost constant internal conflicts sapped the empire’s strength in ways that eventually proved fatal.
Notes - Slight wear and tear on dust jacket.
BY Adrian Goldsworthy
Published by Yale University Press
Year Published 2009
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author explores the years of Roman decline, from the second to the sixth century, when men,women, heroes, and tyrants made decisions that altered Romes’s destiny. He brings into sharp focus a factor often neglected by historians, namely Rome’s frequent civil wars, and shows that from 217 AD onward, almost constant internal conflicts sapped the empire’s strength in ways that eventually proved fatal.
Notes - Slight wear and tear on dust jacket.
