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Author:

Salzman, Michele Renee, author.

Title:

The falls of Rome : crises, resilience, and resurgence in late antiquity / Michele Renee Salzman, University of California, Riverside.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xv, 445 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Rome--History--Empire, 284-476.
Rome (Italy)--History--476-1420.
Rome--History--Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.
Rome--Politics and government--284-476.
Rome (Italy)--Politics and government.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

1107111420
9781107111424

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1245958341

LCCN:

2021008470

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)