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Was the fall of Rome a great catastrophe that cast the West into darkness for centuries to come? Or, as scholars argue today, was there no crisis at all, but simply a peaceful blending of barbarians into Roman culture, an essentially positive transformation? In The Fall of Rome, eminent historian Bryan Ward-Perkins argues that the "peaceful" theory of Rome's "transformation" is badly in error. Indeed, he sees the fall of Rome as a time of horror and dislocation that destroyed a great civilization, throwing the inhabitants of the West back to a standard of living typical of prehistoric times. Attacking contemporary theories with relish and making use of modern archaeological evidence, he looks at both the wider explanations for the disintegration of the Roman world and also the consequences for the lives of everyday Romans, who were caught in a world of economic collapse, marauding barbarians, and the rise of a new religious orthodoxy. The book recaptures the drama and violence of the last days of the Roman world, and reminds us of the very real terrors of barbarian occupation. Equally important, Ward-Perkins contends that a key problem with the new way of looking at the end of the ancient world is that all difficulty and awkwardness is smoothed out into a steady and positive transformation of society. Nothing ever goes badly wrong in this vision of the past. The evidence shows otherwise. Up to date and brilliantly written, combining a lively narrative with the latest research and thirty illustrations, this superb volume reclaims the drama, the violence, and the tragedy of the fall of Rome.
Rome --- Europe --- History. --- History --- Histoire --- Roman history --- anno 1-499 --- anno 500-799 --- Empire, 284-476 --- Germanic invasions, 3d-6th centuries --- Acqui 2006 --- Rome - History - Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries --- Rome - History - Empire, 284-476 --- Rome - Histoire - 3e-6e siècles (Grandes Invasions) --- Rome - Histoire - 284-476 (Bas-Empire)
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History, Ancient. --- History, Ancient --- 930 --- Ancient history --- Ancient world history --- World history --- History Ancient world --- Roman history --- anno 400-499 --- anno 300-399 --- anno 500-599 --- 937.09 --- #GOSA:II.P.AU.1 --- #GOSA:II.P.Alg.M --- 930 Geschiedwetenschap. Hulpwetenschappen der geschiedenis --- Geschiedwetenschap. Hulpwetenschappen der geschiedenis --- 937.09 Geschiedenis van Rome: verdeling en val van Rome--(395-476) --- Geschiedenis van Rome: verdeling en val van Rome--(395-476) --- History Ancient world Italy 395-476 A.D. --- 930 Science of history. Historiography --- Science of history. Historiography --- History Ancient world Italy 395-476 A.D --- Acqui 2006
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The Last Statues of Antiquity is the first comprehensive survey of Roman honorific statues in the public realm in Late Antiquity, offering a richly illustrated pan-Empire exploration of the reasons behind the decline and eventual disppearance of Roman statuary c.AD 250-650, examining variations between regions, cities, and the honorands.
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