Approaches to the fate of the late antique city -- The Constantinian compromise -- Responses to the sack of Rome in 410 -- Rome after the 455 Vandal occupation -- Why Gibbon was wrong -- The fall of Ostrogothic Rome and the Justinianic reconstruction -- The demise of the Senate : the final fall of Rome
Summary
"To paraphrase Huxley, this book is about what generations of men and women experienced and then did in the wake of the great political and military crises that overtook the city of Rome in late antiquity, a period that spans from the late third through the early seventh centuries. Rome was still the largest city in the western Mediterranean and an imperial capital, with a resident aristocracy and prestigious institutions that had enabled Romans to rule an empire since the third century BC"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 08, 2021)
