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HOW ROME FELL HOW ROME FELL Death of a Superpower Adrian Goldsworthy Contents List of Maps Vii List of Illustrations ix Preface I Introduction - The Big Question 11 PART ONE - Crisis? The Third Century 27 I The Kingdom of Gold 29 2 The Secret of Empire 53 3 Imperial Women 70 4 King of Kings 86 5 Barbarians 103 6 The Queen and the `Necessary' Emperor 123 7 Crisis 138 PART TWO - Recovery? The Fourth Century 155 8 The Four - Diocletian and the Tetrarchy 157 9 The Christian 174 io Rivals 194 ii Enemies 205 12 The Pagan 223 13 Goths 245 14 East and West 264 PART THREE - Fall? The Fifth and Sixth Centuries 283 15 Barbarians and Romans: Generals and Rebels 285 16 The Sister and the Eternal City 299 17 The Hun 314 18 Sunset on an Outpost of Empire 335 19 Emperors, Kings and Warlords 353 20 West and East 370 21 Rise and Fall 388 Conclusion - A Simple Answer 405 Epilogue - An Even Simpler Moral 416 Chronology 425 Glossary 441 Bibliography 449 Notes 467 Index 511 List of Maps i. The Roman Empire in the late second century AD 30 z. The Eastern frontier 9o 3. The Third Century Crisis 112 4. The fourth century Empire 166 5. Julian's Persian Expedition 231 6. The empire of Valentinian and Valens 239 7. The Gothic War 2,56 8. Alaric's movements including the sack of Rome 297 9. The initial barbarian invasions in the fifth century 308 io. The Balkan frontier 321 ii. The Saxon Shore forts 342 12. The Barbarian kingdoms in Gaul 357 13. Europe and North Africa in the early sixth century 371 14. Justinian's Empire showing the western conquests 395 Charts: i. Family tree of Septimius Severus 72 2. Simplified family tree of the house of Constantine 19o 3. Simplified family tree of the houses of Valentinian and Theodosius 265 4. Civil administration of provinces in the late fourth century 268 5. Central imperial bureaueracy and court 269 6. The command structure of the Roman Army in the Notitia Dignitatum 287 List of Illustrations Bust of Marcus Aurelius (AKG Images/Erich Lessing) Bust of Septimius Severus (AKG Images/Erich Lessing) Bust of Caracalla (Ferens Art Gallery, Hull City Museums and Art Galleries/The Bridgeman Art Library) Statue of the Tetrarchs, Venice (AKG Images/Jean-Paul Dumontier) Amphitheatre at Dougga in Tunisia (Ancient Art and Architecture Collection) Regina tombstone (Ancient Art and Architecture Collection) Relief of Roman soldiers from Trajan's Column (Author's collection) Relief of Roman emperor kneeling before Shapur (Ancient Art and Architecture Collection) Collapsed wall at Dura Europos (Dr Simon James) Wall painting from Dura Europos (Dr Simon James) Palmyrene gods (AKG Images/Erich Lessing) Hadrian's Wall (Author's collection) Fort at Qasr Bashir (Sonia Halliday Photographs) Roman walls at Porchester castle (Author's collection) Senate House and Arch of Septimius Severus (Author's collection) Aurelian walls, Rome (AKG Images) Constantine coin (Bridgeman Art Library) Julian the Apostate (AKG Images) Detail from Arch of Constantine (Author's collection) Adamklissi Metope: Barbarians on the move (Author's collection) Roman gateway at Trier (AKG Images/Hilbich) Mosaic from Piazza Armerina, Sicily (AKG Images/Erich Lessing) Relief from obelisk base Hippodrome, Constantinople (Chris Hellier/ Corbis) Emperor Honorius (W&N Archive) Flavius Stilicho (W&N Archive) Page from the Notitia Dignitatum (Bodleian Library) Skull from Hunnic grave (AKG Images) Mausoleum at Ravenna (The Art Archive/Gianni Dagli Orti) Coin of Justinian (Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge/ Bridgeman Art Library) The walls of Constantinople (Bridgeman Art Library) Hagia Sophia (AKG Images/Erich Lessing) Mosaic of Justinian from Ravenna (AKG Images/Erich Lessing) The aqueduct at Segovia (Author's collection)

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In AD 200, the Roman Empire seemed unassailable, its vast territory accounting for most of the known world. By the end of the fifth century, Roman rule had vanished in western Europe and much of northern Africa, and only a shrunken Eastern Empire remained. In his account of the fall of the Roman Emp
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HOW ROME FELL HOW ROME FELL Death of a Superpower Adrian Goldsworthy Contents List of Maps Vii List of Illustrations ix Preface I Introduction - The Big Question 11 PART ONE - Crisis? The Third Century 27 I The Kingdom of Gold 29 2 The Secret of Empire 53 3 Imperial Women 70 4 King of Kings 86 5 Barbarians 103 6 The Queen and the `Necessary' Emperor 123 7 Crisis 138 PART TWO - Recovery? The Fourth Century 155 8 The Four - Diocletian and the Tetrarchy 157 9 The Christian 174 io Rivals 194 ii Enemies 205 12 The Pagan 223 13 Goths 245 14 East and West 264 PART THREE - Fall? The Fifth and Sixth Centuries 283 15 Barbarians and Romans: Generals and Rebels 285 16 The Sister and the Eternal City 299 17 The Hun 314 18 Sunset on an Outpost of Empire 335 19 Emperors, Kings and Warlords 353 20 West and East 370 21 Rise and Fall 388 Conclusion - A Simple Answer 405 Epilogue - An Even Simpler Moral 416 Chronology 425 Glossary 441 Bibliography 449 Notes 467 Index 511 List of Maps i. The Roman Empire in the late second century AD 30 z. The Eastern frontier 9o 3. The Third Century Crisis 112 4. The fourth century Empire 166 5. Julian's Persian Expedition 231 6. The empire of Valentinian and Valens 239 7. The Gothic War 2,56 8. Alaric's movements including the sack of Rome 297 9. The initial barbarian invasions in the fifth century 308 io. The Balkan frontier 321 ii. The Saxon Shore forts 342 12. The Barbarian kingdoms in Gaul 357 13. Europe and North Africa in the early sixth century 371 14. Justinian's Empire showing the western conquests 395 Charts: i. Family tree of Septimius Severus 72 2. Simplified family tree of the house of Constantine 19o 3. Simplified family tree of the houses of Valentinian and Theodosius 265 4. Civil administration of provinces in the late fourth century 268 5. Central imperial bureaueracy and court 269 6. The command structure of the Roman Army in the Notitia Dignitatum 287 List of Illustrations Bust of Marcus Aurelius (AKG Images/Erich Lessing) Bust of Septimius Severus (AKG Images/Erich Lessing) Bust of Caracalla (Ferens Art Gallery, Hull City Museums and Art Galleries/The Bridgeman Art Library) Statue of the Tetrarchs, Venice (AKG Images/Jean-Paul Dumontier) Amphitheatre at Dougga in Tunisia (Ancient Art and Architecture Collection) Regina tombstone (Ancient Art and Architecture Collection) Relief of Roman soldiers from Trajan's Column (Author's collection) Relief of Roman emperor kneeling before Shapur (Ancient Art and Architecture Collection) Collapsed wall at Dura Europos (Dr Simon James) Wall painting from Dura Europos (Dr Simon James) Palmyrene gods (AKG Images/Erich Lessing) Hadrian's Wall (Author's collection) Fort at Qasr Bashir (Sonia Halliday Photographs) Roman walls at Porchester castle (Author's collection) Senate House and Arch of Septimius Severus (Author's collection) Aurelian walls, Rome (AKG Images) Constantine coin (Bridgeman Art Library) Julian the Apostate (AKG Images) Detail from Arch of Constantine (Author's collection) Adamklissi Metope: Barbarians on the move (Author's collection) Roman gateway at Trier (AKG Images/Hilbich) Mosaic from Piazza Armerina, Sicily (AKG Images/Erich Lessing) Relief from obelisk base Hippodrome, Constantinople (Chris Hellier/ Corbis) Emperor Honorius (W&N Archive) Flavius Stilicho (W&N Archive) Page from the Notitia Dignitatum (Bodleian Library) Skull from Hunnic grave (AKG Images) Mausoleum at Ravenna (The Art Archive/Gianni Dagli Orti) Coin of Justinian (Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge/ Bridgeman Art Library) The walls of Constantinople (Bridgeman Art Library) Hagia Sophia (AKG Images/Erich Lessing) Mosaic of Justinian from Ravenna (AKG Images/Erich Lessing) The aqueduct at Segovia (Author's collection)

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In AD 200, the Roman Empire seemed unassailable, its vast territory accounting for most of the known world. By the end of the fifth century, Roman rule had vanished in western Europe and much of northern Africa, and only a shrunken Eastern Empire remained. In his account of the fall of the Roman Emp
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