The End of the Past: Ancient Rome and the Modern West

by Aldo Schiavone

Book Overview

This searching interpretation of past and present addresses fundamental questions about the fall of the Roman Empire. Why did ancient culture, once so strong and rich, come to an end? Was it destroyed by weaknesses inherent in its nature? Or were mistakes made that could have been avoided--was there a point at which Greco-Roman society took a wrong turn? And in what ways is modern society different? Western history is split into two discontinuous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674009835
• ISBN13: 9780674009837
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 9.1"