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The Last Roman: Romulus Augustulus and the Decline of the West
by: Adrian Murdoch

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780750944748
ISBN: 0750944749
Label: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Manufacturer: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: November 23, 2006
Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Studio: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Sales Rank: 189173

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Brilliant and Highly Readable Biography
Adrian Murdoch has produced a number of brilliant books on the Later Roman Empire, including the fantastic 'The Last Pagan', a biography of Julian the Apostate.
This book is a look at the life of the last Roman Emperor of the West, the boy ruler called Romulus Augustulus. Writing a biography of this mysterious figure must have been daunting, as very little is known about him. The ancient scholars never recorded his date or place of death, or much else about him. So not only is this a biography, but it is also a detective story, as Murdoch attempts to reconstruct the Emperor's life from the fragments of history.

We also learn about the background events of Romulus's life, including the exploits of his father, Orestes, who was ... Read More:


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - About time this book was written
The tale of Romulus Augustus has heretofore been a much-neglected one. I have struggled in vain for years to find anyone with anything of note to say about this dying of the light in the Roman west.

Journalist and "Bread and Circuses" blogger Adrian Murdoch does a very fine job of gathering together the limited extant sources to add context and texture to the murky happenings of 475/6. It's very well written, is highly accessible, and is also quite witty.

 



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