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ISBN: 9798200027859
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ISBN: 9798200027866
| Runtime: | 18.42 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
An Amazon Best Book of the Month for May 2009
This was a period of remarkable personalities, from the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius to emperors like Diocletian, who portrayed themselves as tough, even brutal, soldiers. It was a time of revolutionary ideas, especially in religion, as Christianity went from persecuted sect to the religion of state and emperors. Ultimately, this is the story of how an empire without a serious rival rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the greater good of the state.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Goldsworthy gives a vivid account…[that] tells us clearly and well—and without attempts at literary majesty—about the series of events that brought Rome’s western empire to a state of collapse.” —Wall Street Journal
“Clearly and powerfully articulated.” —Telegraph (London)
“Goldsworthy asserts that…it was civil war and paranoia that destroyed the empire from within…How Rome Fell speeds both the casual and Rome-savvy reader through 400 years of tumultuous and world-changing history.” —Amazon.com, editorial review
“Weaves a compelling narrative that has enough new research to keep even well seasoned ‘Romanphiles’ satisfied.” —Washington Times
“[A] masterful survey.” —New Criterion
“On a more profound level, Goldsworthy has depicted the grim process by which the Res Publica, the common good of the Roman many, was sacrificed for the self-preservation of the Imperial few, leading in due course to the destruction of all.” —California Literary Review
“[A] level of scholarship, analysis, and lucid prose…makes sense of 300 years of poorly documented wars, murders, and political scheming. Highly opinionated, he presents surviving documents and archeological evidence to back his views…This richly rewarding work will serve as an introduction to Roman history but will also provide plenty of depth to satisfy the educated reader.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Derek Perkins brings just the right note of erudition and modernity to this daunting subject…He achieves a fine rendition of this superb writer’s measured, impartial tone. Here, without the benefit of a central focusing figure like Caesar or Augustus, the narrator’s own pace and focus must fill in the gap, and Perkins finds his thread, as Goldsworthy does, in our own knowledge and understanding of the great empire whose language, artifacts, and institutions—and collapse—still shape our world today.” —AudioFile
This richly rewarding work will serve as an introduction to Roman history, but will also provide plenty of depth to satisfy the educated reader. —Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Author
Author Bio: Adrian Goldsworthy
Adrian Goldsworthy received his DPhil degree in ancient history from Oxford and has taught at Cardiff University, King's College, and the University of Notre Dame in London. He is the author of numerous books, including Phillip and Alexander, Pax Romana, How Rome Fell, and Caesar.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Retail CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Runtime: | 18.42 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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