The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians by Peter Heather

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

Peter Heather

572 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced

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A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the barbarians, Heather relates the extraordinary story of how Europe's barbarians, transformed by centuries of contact with Rome on every possible level, eventually pulled the empire apart. He s...

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