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Secondhand book for saleJames J. O’Donnell.
The Ruin of the Roman Empire.
Published London: Profile Books, 2009 (previously issued in the USA by HarperCollins).
ISBN 9781861979353.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound.
Printer: Clays, Bungay.
Size: 161x238x40mm.
Page count: x,436pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this is an ex-display copy so shows some evidence of handling; a little wear on the dustjacket, particularly at the edges and corners, and with the remains of a small sticker on its front panel; otherwise unused.
This item £10.00
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Publisher’s price £25.00]
Weight without packaging: 813g.
Contents:
Theoderic's world: Rome in 500 — looking backward; World that might have been;
Justinian’s world: Being Justinian; Opportunities lost; Wars worse than civil;
Gregory's world: Learning to live again; Constantinople deflated — debris of empire; The last consul.
Appendix: List of Roman Emperors.Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Illustrations: 14, monochrome
Maps & plans: 7
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 'further reading', half-page
Index: yes[BML/O]
See also | Late Antiquity |
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