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Merovingian Military Organization, 481-751
University of Minnesota Press 1972; US$ 67.50In the area which is now France and was then Gaul, military institutions fundamentally influenced the successes and failures of the Merovingian dynasty, from 481 to 751. Professor Bachrach examines this period in detail, studying the forms of military org more...
The End of Dialogue in Antiquity
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 89.00The first general and systematic study of the genre of dialogue in antiquity, investigating why dialogue matters. more...
Barbar ? König ? Tyrann
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 168.00Theodoric the Great is one of the most fascinating characters among the rulers from the time of the migrations of the Germanic peoples. Like no other Germanic king, this East Goth polarised the world of his time and made an impression on posterity. Opinions on him range from glorifying him as the ideal ruler to condemning him as a tyrant and heretical... more...
A Companion to Late Antiquity
Wiley 2009; US$ 218.95An accessible and authoritative overview capturing the vitality and diversity of scholarship that exists on the transformative time period known as late antiquity. Provides an essential overview of current scholarship on late antiquity – from between the accession of Diocletian in AD 284 and the end of Roman rule in the Mediterranean Comprises... more...
The Inheritance of Rome
Penguin Group US 2009; US$ 20.00A unique and enlightening look at Europe's so-called Dark Ages Defying the conventional Dark Ages view of European history between A.D. 400 and 1000, award-winning historian Chris Wickham presents The Inheritance of Rome , a work of remarkable scope and rigorous yet accessible scholarship. Drawing on a wealth of new material and featuring a... more...
Justinian's Flea
Random House 2010; US$ 20.00In the middle of the sixth century, the world's smallest organism collided with the world's mightiest empire. With the death of twenty-five million people, the Roman Empire, under her last great emperor, Justinian, was decimated. Before Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that carries bubonic plague, was finished, both the Roman and Persian empires were... more...
Terry Jones' Barbarians
Ebury Publishing 2009; US$ 12.00Terry Jones' Barbarians takes a completely fresh approach to Roman history. Not only does it offer us the chance to see the Romans from a non-Roman perspective, it also reveals that most of those written off by the Romans as uncivilized, savage and barbaric were in fact organized, motivated and intelligent groups of people, with no intentions of... more...
The Immortal Emperor
Cambridge University Press 1992; US$ 26.00The first biography of the last Byzantine Emperor. more...
Constructing Communities in the Late Roman Countryside
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 82.00The first comprehensive treatment of the 'small politics' of rural communities in the Late Roman world. more...
The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 39.95This thoroughly revised and expanded edition of The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity , now covering the period 395-700 AD, provides both a detailed introduction to late antiquity and a direct challenge to conventional views of the end of the Roman empire. Leading scholar Averil Cameron focuses on the changes and continuities in Mediterranean... more...









