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Alessandro Barbero; trans. John Cullen.
The Day of the Barbarians: The Epic Battle that Began the Fall of the Roman Empire.
Published London: Atlantic Books, 2008 (hardback was 2007; Italian edn. 2005).
ISBN 9781843545941.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Clays Ltd., St. Ives plc.
Size: 128x196x15mm.
Page count: [vi],181pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some mild scuffs on the covers, a bit of wear on the edges and corners, some mild creasing on the spine; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £3.50
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[Publisher’s price £8.99]
Weight without packaging: 188pp.

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Discusses events leading to the battle of Adrianople — "the beginning of the end of the ancient world and the opening of the Middle Ages".

Contents: The Roman Empire in the 4th c.; The Empire & the barbarians; The Goths & Rome; Emergency of 376; Outbreak of war; Battle by the willows; The war goes on; Valens moves; Adrianople, August 9, 378; After the disaster; Theodosius; Antibarbarian reaction.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: combined with notes
Index: yes

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See also | Barbarians | Late Antiquity | Battles |
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