How Rome fell : death of a superpower
The author discusses how the Roman Empire--an empire without a serious rival--rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the wider good of the state
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pt. 1. Crisis? The third century. The kingdom of gold
The secret of empire
Imperial women
King of kings
Barbarians
The queen and the 'necessary' emperor
Crisis
pt. 2. Recovery? The fourth century. The four
Diocletian and the tetrarchy
The Christian
Rivals
Enemies
The pagan
Goths
East and west
pt. 3. Fall? The fifth and sixth centuries. Barbarians and Romans : generals and rebels
The sister and the eternal city
The Hun
Sunset on an outpost of empire
Emperors, kings and warlords
West and east
Rise and fall