Imperial Tragedy : From Constantine's Empire to the Destruction of Roman Italy AD 363-568

Image for Imperial Tragedy : From Constantine's Empire to the Destruction of Roman Italy AD 363-568 Click to enlarge Imperial Tragedy : From Constantine's Empire to the Destruction of Roman Italy AD 363-568 by Professor Michael Kulikowski (Author) Series:The Profile History of the Ancient World Series Format:Paperback / softback 420 pages, 16 page colour plate section Publisher:Profile Books Ltd Imprint:Profile Books Ltd Edition:Main ISBN:9781781256336 Published:1 Jul 2021 Classifications:Ancient Rome, BCE to c 500 CE, European history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE Readership:General (US: Trade) Weight:376g Dimensions:129 x 198 x 42 (mm) Pub. Country:United Kingdom For sale in: All countries Other Formats Hardback from £25.00 Description For centuries, Rome was one of the world's largest imperial powers, its influence spread across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle-East, its military force successfully fighting off attacks by the Parthians, Germans, Persians and Goths. Then came the definitive split, the Vandal sack of Rome, and the crumbling of the West from Empire into kingdoms first nominally under Imperial rule and then, one by one, beyond it. Imperial Tragedy tells the story of Rome's gradual collapse. Full of palace intrigue, religious conflicts and military history, as well as details of the shifts in social, religious and political structures, Imperial Tragedy contests the idea that Rome fell due to external invasions. Instead, it focuses on how the choices and conditions of those living within the empire led to its fall. For it was not a single catastrophic moment that broke the Empire but a creeping process; by the time people understood that Rome had fallen, the west of the Empire had long since broken the Imperial yoke.