| Description |
336 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
The failure of the army. The generals against the state ; The people against the army -- The gulfs between the classes. The poor against the state ; The rich against the state ; The middle class against the state -- The credibility gap. The people against the bureaucrats ; The people against the emperor -- The partnerships that failed. Ally against ally ; Race against race -- The groups that opted out. Drop-puts against society ; The state against free belief -- The undermining of effort. Complacency against self-help ; The other world against this world |
| Summary |
.....'The Fall of the Roman Empire is not a retelling of Gibbon's immortal story; it is, rather, a reinterpretation of cataclysmic events in the light of a present-day point of view.......' (Book jacket.) |
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This book is a humble tribute to Edward Gibbon, whose 'History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' is one of the greatest historical works ever written. (Introduction) |
| Analysis |
Ancient Rome 364-476 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 330-331 |
| SUBJECT |
Byzantium -- History -- To 527.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018484
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Byzantium -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018483
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115160
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115128
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| LC no. |
75024826 |
| ISBN |
0517524481 |
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