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The Fall Of The Roman Empire
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Author : Peter Heather
language : en
Publisher: OUP USA
Release Date : 2007-06-11
The Fall Of The Roman Empire written by Peter Heather and has been published by OUP USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-11 with History categories.
Shows how Europe's barbarians, strengthened by centuries of contact with Rome on many levels, turned into an enemy capable of overturning and dismantling the mighty Empire.
The Inheritance Of Rome
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Author : Chris Wickham
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2009-01-29
The Inheritance Of Rome written by Chris Wickham and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-29 with History categories.
The idea that with the decline of the Roman Empire Europe entered into some immense ‘dark age’ has long been viewed as inadequate by many historians. How could a world still so profoundly shaped by Rome and which encompassed such remarkable societies as the Byzantine, Carolingian and Ottonian empires, be anything other than central to the development of European history? How could a world of so many peoples, whether expanding, moving or stable, of Goths, Franks, Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, whose genetic and linguistic inheritors we all are, not lie at the heart of how we understand ourselves? The Inheritance of Rome is a work of remarkable scope and ambition. Drawing on a wealth of new material, it is a book which will transform its many readers’ ideas about the crucible in which Europe would in the end be created. From the collapse of the Roman imperial system to the establishment of the new European dynastic states, perhaps this book’s most striking achievement is to make sense of an immensely long period of time, experienced by many generations of Europeans, and which, while it certainly included catastrophic invasions and turbulence, also contained long periods of continuity and achievement. From Ireland to Constantinople, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, this is a genuinely Europe-wide history of a new kind, with something surprising or arresting on every page.
The Roman Empire
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Author : Colin Michael Wells
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Roman Empire written by Colin Michael Wells and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Rome categories.
This sweeping history of the Roman Empire from 44 BC to AD 235 has three purposes: to describe what was happening in the central administration and in the entourage of the emperor; to indicate how life went on in Italy and the provinces, in the towns, in the countryside, and in the army camps; and to show how these two different worlds impinged on each other. Colin Wells's vivid account is now available in an up-to-date second edition.
Empires And Barbarians
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Author : Peter Heather
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-03-04
Empires And Barbarians written by Peter Heather and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-04 with History categories.
Empires and Barbarians presents a fresh, provocative look at how a recognizable Europe came into being in the first millennium AD. With sharp analytic insight, Peter Heather explores the dynamics of migration and social and economic interaction that changed two vastly different worlds--the undeveloped barbarian world and the sophisticated Roman Empire--into remarkably similar societies and states. The book's vivid narrative begins at the time of Christ, when the Mediterranean circle, newly united under the Romans, hosted a politically sophisticated, economically advanced, and culturally developed civilization--one with philosophy, banking, professional armies, literature, stunning architecture, even garbage collection. The rest of Europe, meanwhile, was home to subsistence farmers living in small groups, dominated largely by Germanic speakers. Although having some iron tools and weapons, these mostly illiterate peoples worked mainly in wood and never built in stone. The farther east one went, the simpler it became: fewer iron tools and ever less productive economies. And yet ten centuries later, from the Atlantic to the Urals, the European world had turned. Slavic speakers had largely superseded Germanic speakers in central and Eastern Europe, literacy was growing, Christianity had spread, and most fundamentally, Mediterranean supremacy was broken. Bringing the whole of first millennium European history together, and challenging current arguments that migration played but a tiny role in this unfolding narrative, Empires and Barbarians views the destruction of the ancient world order in light of modern migration and globalization patterns.
Escape From Rome
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Author : Walter Scheidel
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2019-10-15
Escape From Rome written by Walter Scheidel and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-15 with History categories.
The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing that ever happened, clearing the path for Europe's economic rise and the creation of the modern age. Ranging across the entire premodern world, Escape from Rome offers new answers to some of the biggest questions in history: Why did the Roman Empire appear? Why did nothing like it ever return to Europe? And, above all, why did Europeans come to dominate the world? In an absorbing narrative that begins with ancient Rome but stretches far beyond it, from Byzantium to China and from Genghis Khan to Napoleon, Scheidel shows how the demise of Rome and the enduring failure of empire-building on European soil ensured competitive fragmentation between and within states. This rich diversity encouraged political, economic, scientific, and technological breakthroughs that allowed Europe to surge ahead while other parts of the world lagged behind, burdened as they were by traditional empires and predatory regimes that lived by conquest. It wasn’t until Europe "escaped" from Rome that it launched an economic transformation that changed the continent and ultimately the world. What has the Roman Empire ever done for us? Fall and go away.
A Companion To The Roman Empire
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Author : David S. Potter
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2009-12-02
A Companion To The Roman Empire written by David S. Potter and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-02 with History categories.
A Companion to the Roman Empire provides readers with a guide both to Roman imperial history and to the field of Roman studies, taking account of the most recent discoveries. This Companion brings together thirty original essays guiding readers through Roman imperial history and the field of Roman studies Shows that Roman imperial history is a compelling and vibrant subject Includes significant new contributions to various areas of Roman imperial history Covers the social, intellectual, economic and cultural history of the Roman Empire Contains an extensive bibliography
The History Of Modern Europe
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Author : William Russell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1802
The History Of Modern Europe written by William Russell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1802 with Europe categories.
The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire
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Author : Edward Gibbon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1789
The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire written by Edward Gibbon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1789 with Byzantine Empire categories.
The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire
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Author : Gibbon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1789
The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire written by Gibbon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1789 with Byzantine Empire categories.
Heart Of Europe
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Author : Peter H. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-04
Heart Of Europe written by Peter H. Wilson and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-04 with History categories.
An Economist and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year “Deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus.” —Tom Holland, The Telegraph “Ambitious...seeks to rehabilitate the Holy Roman Empire’s reputation by re-examining its place within the larger sweep of European history...Succeeds splendidly in rescuing the empire from its critics.” —Wall Street Journal Massive, ancient, and powerful, the Holy Roman Empire formed the heart of Europe from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later. An engine for inventions and ideas, with no fixed capital and no common language or culture, it derived its legitimacy from the ideal of a unified Christian civilization—though this did not prevent emperors from clashing with the pope for supremacy. In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the Holy Roman Empire worked, why it was so important, and how it changed over the course of its existence. The result is a tour de force that raises countless questions about the nature of political and military power and the legacy of its offspring, from Nazi Germany to the European Union. “Engrossing...Wilson is to be congratulated on writing the only English-language work that deals with the empire from start to finish...A book that is relevant to our own times.” —Brendan Simms, The Times “The culmination of a lifetime of research and thought...an astonishing scholarly achievement.” —The Spectator “Remarkable...Wilson has set himself a staggering task, but it is one at which he succeeds heroically.” —Times Literary Supplement