Contributor
Nardo, Don, 1947-
Imprint:San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, 2000.
Description207 p. ; 22 cm.
Note:Includes some primary source material.
Note:The empire on the brink of collapse / A. H. M. Jones -- Emergence of the grimmer later empire / Chris Scarre -- Constantine ensures the triumph of Christianity / John J. Norwich -- Problems and struggles of Constantine's successors / Michael Grant -- The empire is permanently divided / Arthur E. R. Boak and William G. Sinnegin -- The Huns terrorize Europe / Stewart Perowne -- The vandals sack Rome / Justine D. Randers-Pehrson -- The last western Roman emperors / J. B. Bury -- Rome's eastern sector survives as the Byzantine Empire / Mark Nadis -- Survival of Roman culture in the west / Charles Freeman -- Gibbon opens the debate on Rome's fall / Edward Gibbon -- The western empire's economy deteriorated / F. W. Walbank -- Christianity undermined Rome's patriotic and military spirit / Michael Grant -- The army became undisciplined and ineffective / Pat Southern and Karen R. Dixon -- The Barbarians overran the western empire / J. B. Bury -- Rome's decline helped ensure the triumph of western civilization / Chester G. Starr -- Appendix of documents.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
