The Fall of the Western Roman Empire: Archaeology, History and the Decline of Rome

by Neil Christie

Book Overview

The decline of the Roman Empire has been a subject of fascination and debate for centuries. In this original new work, Neil Christie draws on numerous sources, interweaving the latest archaeological evidence, to reconstruct the period's landscape and events. In the process, he rethinks some of historians' most widely held and long-established views: Was the Empire's disintegration caused primarily by external or internal factors? Why did the Eternal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340759666
• ISBN13: 9780340759660
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"