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1.The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History by: Peter Heather May 05, 2006
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I've been interested in this period of the history for a while but never found a book good enough to explain all the events. This book is thoroughly researched, scholarly yet written in a style and language easy to follow. A couple of reviewers have put foward the point that this book is more about the rise of the barbarians than the fall of the Roman empire. I'm afraid this is not correct as the two are inextricably intertwined. This book comes with the highest recommendation.

2.The World of Late Antiquity (Library of European Civilizations) by: Peter Brown 1989-03
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Peter Brown's The World of Late Antiquity was a revolutionary book for its time. Published in 1971 as an eloquently written essay, Brown challenged many of the assumptions about Classical Civilisation that had dominated historiography since the days of Edward Gibbon. In those days the idea of the fall of the Roman Empire was one of violent invasion and decline, folllowed by centuries of artistic and intellectual poverty called the Dark Ages. Brown opposed these ideas and showed that there were still strong links with the Classical World, well into the Dark Ages, and even following the Islamic Conquest. Although Brown's main point of interest is social and cultural change, he also discuss the art of the period, and many wonderful examples ... Read More:

3.Europe After Rome: A New Cultural History 500-1000 by: Julia M.H. Smith June 28, 2007
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The excellent work compiled by History Professor Julia M.H. Smith is truly devoted to the clarification and reconsideration of a time frame that has been at the centre of academic discussions amongst historians: the correct perspective under which the period of time spanning from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the dawn of the first millennium should be interpreted. In defiance of a deeply rooted misconception that classifies the aforementioned five-hundred-year period as `barbarous' , the illustrious professor has compiled an excursus comprising a panoptic analysis of the gradual socio-political process that occurred after the end of the ancient world and culminated in the year 1000, which ended ipso facto the Middle Ages. To fulfill her objective, ... Read More:

4.The Later Roman Empire (Fontana History of the Ancient World) by: Averil Cameron April 26, 1993
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Averil Cameron is one of the leading academics in this field, and has produced a fairly thorough survey of the Roman empire between the accession of Diocletian in AD 284 and the death of St Augustine in AD 430. This was a turbulent time, a time of transition between the ancient pagan world and medieval Christendom, and a period of history that has often been neglected outside academic circles. Professor Cameron outlines the major political, social and religious upheavals of the era which saw the division of the empire, Christianity being adopted as the official state religion and the barbarian invasions, which finally led to the downfall of Rome and the establishment of the nation states of modern Europe. This is a scholarly work, which uses archaeological, as well as literary ... Read More:

5.The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome by: Robin Lane Fox July 06, 2006
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I first came across Robin Lane Fox's work when I read his brilliant biography of Alexander the Great. In this book, Lane Fox takes a broader brush to paint a picture of the Classical worlds of Greece and Rome, from the age of Homer to the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. The early sections on the Archaic Greek World are a bit of struggle. Most of our evidence for this period comes from the archaeological record, leaving a lot of speculation about the events of the age, which only comes down to us in fragments from later Greek writers. These chapters help set the scene, but they are not as exciting as the later sections simply because they lack the human dimension. Lane Fox is at his finest when he describes the struggles and achievements of the individual, and not the ... Read More:

6.Decline and Fall of Roman Britain by: Neil Faulkner August 31, 2000
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It must be very strange to spend so much time studying a topic of which you so thoroughly disapprove! If you can get past the initial chapter, which presents a bizarrely distorted view of the Roman Empire, this book offers a concise and well-written overview of the Roman Empire in Britain, with a good analysis of the constant sapping of the frontiers' strength by the withdrawal of troops by rebel generals attempting to extend their seccessionist rule over Britain into the Continent. Unfortunately the final chapter wanders off into a nonsensical imagining about a golden idyll of early Communism in Britain, which is not only completely unsupported by any evidence, but is contradicted by the very slender source material which does exist; Mr Faulkner doesn't seem to know anything ... Read More:

7.Early Medieval Europe, 300-1000 (Palgrave History of Europe) by: Roger Collins June 07, 1999
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It must be very strange to spend so much time studying a topic of which you so thoroughly disapprove! If you can get past the initial chapter, which presents a bizarrely distorted view of the Roman Empire, this book offers a concise and well-written overview of the Roman Empire in Britain, with a good analysis of the constant sapping of the frontiers' strength by the withdrawal of troops by rebel generals attempting to extend their seccessionist rule over Britain into the Continent. Unfortunately the final chapter wanders off into a nonsensical imagining about a golden idyll of early Communism in Britain, which is not only completely unsupported by any evidence, but is contradicted by the very slender source material which does exist; Mr Faulkner doesn't seem to know anything ... Read More:

8.Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800 by: Chris Wickham November 30, 2006
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Chris Wickham has constructed an important synthesis of the state of play in early medieval studies. Surveying regions as varied as Italy, Africa, Egypt, Syria and Denmark, Wickham focuses in particular on social and economic developments during the transformation of the ancient world. The positive aspects of this book are numerous. The prose is intelligent and erudite without lapsing into the unreadable. The evidence is clearly presented and analsyed on its own terms, rather than being crowbared into 'metanarratives', of which Wickham remains suspicious throughout. The fascination of the book lies in its detail. Whether Danish excavations, Anatolian saints' lives or Egyptian tax records, the depth and breadth of research is extraordinary. Wickham successfully surveys ... Read More:

9.Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire by: Simon Baker June 07, 2007
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As someone whose knowledge of Roman History was limited to Julius Caesar, Hadrian's Wall and the mistaken belief that the "Lays of Ancient Rome" was a report on the early history of prostitution, I read this book having seen the odd episode of the series on TV. What a pleasure it was to learn just how much we owe to the Romans and how salutary to know how little has changed after 2000 years. Wealth remains the key to power, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. While humankind in pursuit of power invoke dieties they are but smokescreens to cover their own selfish ambition, greed and egotism. History is written by the victorious and what has been interpreted as history is constantly rewritten by new generations from a different perspective. The story of Christian persecution and ... Read More:

10.The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change 950 - 1350 by: Robert Bartlett February 27, 2003
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This is the most enjoyable history book I have ever read. If the history of Europe is a long and interminably complicated one, then I would suggest that this single volume could be the key to unlocking that history and explaining the remarkable diversity of nations and cultures that co-exist within this single, small continent today. The author's clear, unpretentious prose style further enhances the readability of the book and while it is likely to be a must-read for students and academics, the general reader will find this book accessible and entertaining. Bartlett takes the reader on a rapid and utterly fascinating tour of medieval Europe, from the Celtic fringes of the British Isles to the uncharted wildernesses of Eastern Europe, and south to newly-reconquered Spain, between the tenth and fourteenth ... Read More:

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