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F. W. Walbank.
The Decline of the Roman Empire in the West.
Published London: Cobbett Press, 1946.
Series: Past and Present: Studies in the History of Civilization designed to show How History Can Help
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Thomas Knight & Co., The Clock House Press, Hoddesdon.
Size: 130x190x11mm.
Page count: text xiii,97pp; plates 14pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is ragged at the edges, and somewhat grubby overall; spine skewed from reading; some foxing to the page edges and endpapers; previous owner’s signature on the front endpaper, but the main text appears to be free of marking.

This item £6.00
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Weight without packaging: 234g.

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Emphasis pre-medieval. Contents: Nature of the problem; Indian summer of the Antonines; Trends in Empire of the 2nd century AD; Shrinkage, crisis & the corporative state; Science, religion. literature, language; Causes — lessons for today; Reality of progress.
Appendices: Geek & Roman writers mentioned in this book; Roman emperors to Constantine.

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: 14 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: 1
Genealogies: no
Chronology: yes
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 3pp
Index: yes

See also | Late Antiquity |
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