AD 410 the year that shook Rome Sam Moorhead & David Stuttard

By: Moorhead, SamPublication details: London British Museum Press c2010 Description: 184 p. ill. (chiefly col.), maps 21 cmISBN: \t 0714122696; 9780714122694Subject(s): Rome -- Empire, 284 - 476 -- HistoryLOC classification: DG 311 | .M66 2010

Contents:

Acknowledgements -- Dramatis personae\t-- Prologue -- Preface -- 1\tRome, eternal city -- Pt. I\tA house divide2\tA new world order\t 3\tRome baptized\t Pt. 2\tThe storm clouds Leather\t 4\tStirrings on the steppes\t 5\tStilicho ascendant\t 6\tImplosion\t Pt. 3\tThe sack of Rome\t 7\tRome besieged\t 8\tImpotent emperors\t 9\tBarbarian puppets\t 10\tRome taken\t \tEpilogue\t 11\tShockwaves\t \tAftermath: Rome AD 410-575 -- Who's Who in AD 410 -- Original sources -- Further reading -- Endnotes\t-- Timeline 753 BC-AD 711 -- Maps -- Index -- Picture credits

Summary: "In a compelling new chronicle ... AD 410 The Year That Shook Rome explores the inexorable chain of events that culminated in the collapse of Rome. Interwoven with contemporary histories, letters and testimonies - many newly translated - the story unfolds ... "As the drama develops, key players emerge into sharper focus: Alaric, the fiery but honourable leader of the Goths; Stilicho, a gifted but over-reaching general; Honorius, the weak and vacillating emperor; Olympius, a Machiavellian court eunuch: Galla Placidia, an intriguing femme fatale - all play, or fail to play, their parts, often with devastating repercussions.". "It is particularly striking how, time and again, the action hinges on critical turning points, when events could have gone quite differently if only ... If only the Romans or the Goths, the Christians or the pagans had acted differently, Rome might yet have been saved ... Richly illustrated throughout, AD 410 The Year That Shook Rome paints a ... portrayal of ordinary individuals grappling with an extraordinary crisis at a defining moment in our history."--BOOK JACKET

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Vitali Hakko Kreatif Endüstriler Kütüphanesi	DG 311 .M66 2010	Not for loan		007080

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-174) and index

"In a compelling new chronicle ... AD 410 The Year That Shook Rome explores the inexorable chain of events that culminated in the collapse of Rome. Interwoven with contemporary histories, letters and testimonies - many newly translated - the story unfolds ... "As the drama develops, key players emerge into sharper focus: Alaric, the fiery but honourable leader of the Goths; Stilicho, a gifted but over-reaching general; Honorius, the weak and vacillating emperor; Olympius, a Machiavellian court eunuch: Galla Placidia, an intriguing femme fatale - all play, or fail to play, their parts, often with devastating repercussions.". "It is particularly striking how, time and again, the action hinges on critical turning points, when events could have gone quite differently if only ... If only the Romans or the Goths, the Christians or the pagans had acted differently, Rome might yet have been saved ... Richly illustrated throughout, AD 410 The Year That Shook Rome paints a ... portrayal of ordinary individuals grappling with an extraordinary crisis at a defining moment in our history."--BOOK JACKET

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