How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower by Adrian Goldsworthy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

List of Maps List of Illustrations Preface Introduction - The Big Question PART ONE - Crisis? The Third Century I The Kingdom of Gold 2 The Secret of Empire 3 Imperial Women 4 King of Kings 5 Barbarians 6 The Queen and the `Necessary' Emperor 7 Crisis PART TWO - Recovery? The Fourth Century 8 The Four - Diocletian and the Tetrarchy 9 The Christian io Rivals ii Enemies 12 The Pagan 13 Goths 14 East and West PART THREE - Fall? The Fifth and Sixth Centuries 15 Barbarians and Romans: Generals and Rebels 16 The Sister and the Eternal City 17 The Hun 18 Sunset on an Outpost of Empire 19 Emperors, Kings and Warlords 20 West and East 21 Rise and Fall Conclusion - A Simple Answer Epilogue - An Even Simpler Moral Chronology Glossary Bibliography Notes Index i. The Roman Empire in the late second century AD 30 z. The Eastern frontier 9o 3. The Third Century Crisis 112 4. The fourth century Empire 166 5. Julian's Persian Expedition 231 6. The empire of Valentinian and Valens 239 7. The Gothic War 2,56 8. Alaric's movements including the sack of Rome 297 9. The initial barbarian invasions in the fifth century 308 io. The Balkan frontier 321 ii. The Saxon Shore forts 342 12. The Barbarian kingdoms in Gaul 357 13. Europe and North Africa in the early sixth century 371 14. Justinian's Empire showing the western conquests 395 i. Family tree of Septimius Severus 72

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