Why Rome Fell

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<p><b>Explore an insightful and original discussion of the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire</b><p>In<i>Why Rome Fell: Decline and Fall, or Drift and Change?</i>, celebrated scholar of Roman history Dr. Michael Arnheim delivers a fascinating and robust exploration of the causes of and reasons for Romes fall in the West. Steeped in applications of elite theory to the later Roman Empire, the author discusses several interconnected issues that influenced the decline of Rome, including monarchy, power structure, social mobility, religion, and the aristocratic ethos.<p>Incisive comparisons of the situation in Rome to those in the Principate and the Byzantine Empire shed light on the relative lack of indissoluble union and easy obedience (in Gibbons phrase) in the later Roman Empire. Instead, the book reveals the divided loyalties of a fractured society that characterized Rome in its later years.<i>Why Rome Fell</i>also includes:<ul><li>A thorough introduction to the transition from the ancient to the medieval world, including discussions of monarchy, Diocletian and his relationship to the aristocracy, and Constantines reforms</li><li>Comprehensive explorations of the rise of the Roman Christian empire and Constantines role</li><li>Practical discussions of conflicting theories of what caused the fall of the Roman empire, including the Pirenne thesis, the malaria hypothesis, Gibbons decline and fall theory, and the role played by religion</li></ul><p> An indispensable resource for students, scholars and the general reader with an inquiring mind about history,<i>Why Rome Fell</i> deserves a place on the bookshelves of anyone with an interest in a sophisticated and original take on historical continuity and change.

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<p><b> Dr. Michael Arnheim</b> is a Sometime Fellow of St. Johns College, Cambridge, and a practicing London Barrister. After he was awarded his Ph.D at 25, his doctoral thesis was published by the Oxford University Press under the title of<i>The Senatorial Aristocracy in the Later Roman Empire</i>the first of 23 published books to date. At age 31, Arnheim was appointed full Professor and Head of the Department of Classics at his old university in South Africa, subsequently returning to Britain to take the Bar.

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