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The fall of Rome and the end of civilization
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The fall of Rome and the end of civilization

Author: Bryan Ward-Perkins
Publisher: Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The dominant view is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start of a positive cultural transformation. Encouraging the readers to think again by  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Bryan Ward-Perkins
ISBN: 0192805649 9780192805645 0192807285 9780192807281
OCLC Number: 253896539
Description: VI, 239 S : Ill., graph. Darst., Kt ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Did Rome Ever Fall?; PART ONE: THE FALL OF ROME; 2. The Horrors of War; 3. The Road to Defeat; 4. Living Under the New Masters; PART TWO: THE END OF A CIVILIZATION; 5. The Disappearance of Comfort; 6. Why the Demise of Comfort?; 7. The Death of a Civilization?; 8. All for the Best in the Best of All Possible Worlds?; Appendix: From Potsherds to People; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography
Responsibility: Bryan Ward-Perkins.
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Teasingly stimulating, acutely critical, abundantly constructive, and certain to unleash endless debate. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, author of Civilizations and Millennium This hard-hitting and Read more...

 
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