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100 1 $aGoldsworthy, Adrian Keith.
245 10 $aHow Rome fell :$bdeath of a superpower /$cAdrian Goldsworthy.
246 13 $aFall of the West, the slow death of the Roman superpower
260 $aNew Haven, Conn. :$bYale University Press,$cc2009.
300 $ax, 531, [16] p. of plates :$bill., maps, geneal. tables ;$c25 cm.
500 $aAlso published : London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2009, with the title: The Fall of the West, the Slow Death of the Roman Superpower
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 449-509) and index.
505 0 $aThe big question-- Crisis? : the Third Century -- The kingdom of gold -- The secret of empire -- Imperial women -- King of kings -- Barbarians -- The queen and the "necessary" emperor -- Crisis -- Recovery? : the Fourth Century -- The four: Diocletian and the tetrarchy -- The Christian -- Rivals -- Enemies -- The pagan -- Goths -- East and west -- Fall? : the Fifth and Sixth Centuries -- Barbarians and Romans: generals and rebels -- The sister and the eternal city -- The Hun -- Sunset on an outpost of empire -- Emperors, kings and warlords -- West and east -- Rise and fall -- A simple answer -- An even simpler moral.
520 $aThe author discusses how the Roman Empire, an empire without a serious rival, rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the wider good of the state.
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