Fall Of The Roman Empire : A New History Of Rome And The Barbarians

from mbmackay

This is a comprehensive, almost encyclopedic (for the non-expert) coverage of the end of the western Roman empire - but the author manages to keep it readable. One technique is to go into detail about a person, or place or event, and then use this information to illustrate a broader facet of the ...

from endie

I recently finished reading Peter Heather's newest book "The Fall of the Roman Empire". As an author, he usually writes about those on the north-eastern side of the Roman limes: the Goths and Huns, and the OUP describes him, racily, as the leading authority on the barbarians. Which, surely, has r...

from jcbrunner

The fall of the Roman Empire, a topic about which much ink has been spilled. Memorable are also the series of sword and sandals films of the 1960s with valiant Romans and vile Goths and Huns. Peter Heather has written a good account of the gradual decline of the Roman Empire that accelerated in t...

from Meggo

An interesting look at the end of the Roman Empire, that posits that it is not the Huns, but rather the Germanic tribes that were the eventual downfall of the Empire in the West. Well researched and generally well written, although the author lapses into the first person a bit much when discussin...

from liehtzu

An excellent book that created a solciological context for the eventual demise of the Roman empire and its evolution in other. A salutary lesson for the USA and the EU. It maybe that the author, being so familiar with his topic, some what overwhelmed me with names [of tribes and persons] without ...