Godina izdanja: 1996
ISBN: 978-0-297-81711-6
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Izdavač: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
Povez: tvrd sa omotom
Broj strana: XV + 235
Veoma dobro očuvana.

The fall of the Roman Empire has always been regarded as one of the most significant transformations in the whole of human history. A hundred years before it occurred, Rome was an immense power defended by an invincible army. A hundred years later, the power and the army had vanished.

Hundreds of reasons for this collapse have over the centuries been suggested. Michael Grant in his reinterpretation of these cataclysmic events identifies thirteen defects which he sees as being responsible for the fall of the Roman Empire. These flaws within the society of Ancient Rome set Roman against Roman, deviding the nation and thereby destroying its ability to resist invasion

C O N T E N T S

HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

I. THE FAILURE OF THE ARMY
1. The generals against the state
2. The people against the army

II. THE GULFS BETWEEN THE CLASSES
3. The poor against the state
4. The rich against the state
5. The middle class against the state

III. THE CREDIBILITY GAP
6. The people against the bureaucrats
7. The people against the emperor

IV. THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT FAILED
8. Ally against ally
9. Race against race

V. THE GROUPS THAT OPTED OUT
10. Drop-outs against society
11. The state against free belief

VI. THE UNDERMINING OF EFFORT
12. Complacency against self-help
13. The other world against this world

Appendix 1: Some religious disunities
Appendix 2: Why did the Eastern and not the Western Empire survive?
List of emperors an popes
A who`s who of ancient writers
Some books on the decline and fall
Maps
Index

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