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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Brian Tierney |
| OCLC Number: | 1119223 |
| Notes: | Excerpted from their Great issues in Western civilization. |
| Description: | 41 p. 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Gibbon on the decline and fall: From The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire / Edward Gibbon -- 2. The empire at its height: From The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire -- 3. The evidence of decline / Election posters in Pompeii. From Pliny's Letters. From Justinian's Digest. From History of the Roman Empire / Herodian. From Res gestae / Ammianus Marcellinus. From On the governance of God / Salvian -- 4. The social problem: From The decline of the Roman Empire in the West / F.W. Walbank -- 5. The Rostovtzeff thesis: From Social and economic history of the Roman Empire / M.I. Rostovtzeff -- 6. The Barbarians and the ruin of the Roman Empire: From L'Empire Chrétien / André Piganiol. |
| Series Title: | Random House historical issues series, 4 |
| Responsibility: | General editors, Brian Tierney, Donald Kagan [and] L. Pearce Williams. |
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