Description |
95 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm |
Series |
Essential histories |
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Essential histories.
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Contents |
Background to war: Controlling the empire -- Warring sides: Inside and outside the empire -- Outbreak: Creating crisis -- The fighting: Challenges to empire -- Portraits of soldiers: Brothers in arms -- The world around war: Impact of conflict -- Portraits of civilians: Notable individuals -- How the war ended: Making new boundaries -- Conclusions and consequences: Roman legacies |
Summary |
From global domination in the early third century to effective collapse four hundred years later, this book provides a full account of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. The successive problems which led to the Empire's demise are all examined in detail, and the later Roman army is reassessed. [publisher] |
Notes |
"First published in 2002 under the title Essential Histories: Rome at War AD 229-696 by Osprey Publishing Ltd." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
SUBJECT |
Italy -- History, Military -- 476-1268.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97008043
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Rome -- History, Military -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115173
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Rome -- History -- Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115148
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Italy -- History -- 476-774. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068938
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Genre/Form |
History.
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LC no. |
2003009674 |
ISBN |
0415968607 hardback alkaline paper |
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