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Empire, 27 B.C. - 476 A.D.

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  • Aspects of Roman History AD 14-117by Richard Alston

    Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 39.95

    Aspects of Roman History AD14?117  charts the history of the Roman Imperial period, from the establishment of the Augustan principate to the reign of Trajan, providing a basic chronological framework of the main events and introductory outlines of the major issues of the period. The first half of the book outlines the linear development of the Roman... more...

  • Trajanby Julian Bennett

    Taylor and Francis 2000; US$ 41.95

    Did Trajan really deserve his reputation as the embodiment of all imperial virtues? Why did Dante, writing in the Middle Ages, place him in the sixth sphere of Heaven among the Just and Temperate rulers? In this, the only biography of Trajan available in English, Julian Bennett rigorously tests the substance of this glorious reputation. Surprisingly,... more...

  • The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395by David Potter; David S. Potter

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 49.95

    David S. Potter's comprehensive survey of two critical and eventful centuries traces the course of imperial decline, skillfully weaving together cultural, intellectual and political history. Particular attention is paid throughout to the structures of government, the rise of Persia as a rival, and the diverse intellectual movements in the empire.... more...

  • The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume Iby Edward Gibbon; Daniel J. Boorstin; Gian Battista Piranesi

    Random House Publishing Group 2000; US$ 26.95

    'It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amid the ruins of the capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind,' recorded Edward Gibbon with characteristic exactitude. Over a period of some twenty years, the luminous... more...

  • The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume IIby Edward Gibbon; Gian Battista Piranesi

    Random House Publishing Group 2000; US$ 26.95

    "I devoured Gibbon," wrote Winston Churchill. "I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all." Gibbon's magnum opus -- which encompasses thirteen hundred years of history, swinging across Europe, North Africa, and Asia -- remains one of the greatest works of history ever written. "Gibbon is a kind of bridge that connects the... more...

  • The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume IIIby Edward Gibbon; Gian Battista Piranesi

    Random House Publishing Group 2000; US$ 26.95

    Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [and] was immediately dominated by both the story and the style," recalled Winston Churchill. "I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all....I was not even estranged by his naughty footnotes." In the two centuries since its completion, Gibbon's magnum opus--which encompasses... more...

  • Theodosiusby Gerard Friell; Stephen Williams

    Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 38.95

    Emperor Theodosius (379-95) was the last Roman emperor to rule a unified empire of East and West and his reign represents a turning point in the policies and fortunes of the Late Roman Empire. In this imperial biography, Stephen Williams and Gerry Friell bring together literary, archaeological and numismatic evidence concerning this Roman emperor,... more...

  • Rome and its Empire, AD 193-284by Olivier Hekster

    Edinburgh University Press 2008; US$ 113.99

    This was a time of civil war, anarchy, intrigue, and assassination. Between 193 and 284 the Roman Empire knew more than twenty-five emperors, and an equal number of usurpers. All of them had some measure of success, several of them often ruling different parts of the Empire at the same time. Rome’s traditional political institutions slid into... more...

  • The Fall of Romeby Bryan Ward-Perkins

    Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 19.99

    Why did Rome fall? Vicious barbarian invasions during the fifth century resulted in the cataclysmic end of the world's most powerful civilization, and a 'dark age' for its conquered peoples. Or did it? The dominant view of this period today is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start... more...

  • Roman Imperial Policy from Julian to Theodosiusby Malcolm R. Errington

    The University of North Carolina Press 2006; US$ 52.50

    The division of the late Roman Empire into two theoretically cooperating parts by the brothers Valentinian and Valens in 364 deeply influenced many aspects of government in each of the divisions. Although the imperial policies during this well-documented and formative period are generally understood to have been driven by the religious and ideological... more...