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Oxford University Press, USA 2006 Trade paperback New 2006. Illustrated. Paperback. The dominant view is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start of a positive cultural transformation. Encouraging the readers to think again by reclaiming the drama and violence of Rome's fall, this book examines how and why successive generations have understood this period differently. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 integrated halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268......We ship daily from our Bookshop.

ISBN10: 0192807285, ISBN13: 9780192807281, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Softcover 2006. Illustrated. Paperback. The dominant view is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start of a positive cultural transformation. Encouraging the readers to think again by reclaiming the drama and violence of Rome's fall, this book examines how and why successive generations have understood this period differently. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 integrated halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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ISBN10: 0192807285, ISBN13: 9780192807281, [publisher: Sydney University Press Sep 2006] Softcover Neuware - Why did Rome fall Vicious barbarian invasions during the fifth century resulted in the cataclysmic end of the world's most powerful civilization, and a 'dark age' for its conquered peoples. Or did it The dominant view of this period today is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start of a positive cultural transformation.Bryan Ward-Perkins encourages every reader to think again by reclaiming the drama and violence of the last days of the Roman world, and reminding us of the very real horrors of barbarian occupation. Attacking new sources with relish and making use of a range of contemporary 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, in a world of economic collapse, marauding barbarians,and the rise of a new religious orthodoxy. He also looks at how and why successive generations have understood this period differently, and why the story is still so significant today.
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ISBN10: 0192807285, ISBN13: 9780192807281, [publisher: Sydney University Press Sep 2006] Softcover Neuware - Why did Rome fall Vicious barbarian invasions during the fifth century resulted in the cataclysmic end of the world's most powerful civilization, and a 'dark age' for its conquered peoples. Or did it The dominant view of this period today is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start of a positive cultural transformation.Bryan Ward-Perkins encourages every reader to think again by reclaiming the drama and violence of the last days of the Roman world, and reminding us of the very real horrors of barbarian occupation. Attacking new sources with relish and making use of a range of contemporary 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, in a world of economic collapse, marauding barbarians,and the rise of a new religious orthodoxy. He also looks at how and why successive generations have understood this period differently, and why the story is still so significant today.
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New York: Oxford University Press, Date: 2006. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x7. First printing. Publisher ink stamp on page base. 2006 Trade Paperback. vi, [6], 239 pp. 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 marauding barbarians, and economic collapse. 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 ...

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