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A review by objectivus
How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower by Adrian Goldsworthy
4.0
Exceptional overview of the history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Starts all the way in the reign of Marcus Aurelius, and so it covers basically everything sufficiently important -- the first plague to hit the empire in the reign of Marcus, the Third Century Crisis (though I found it odd that the Plague of Cyprian in the 260's and 70's wasn't mentioned), the Tetrarchy and Constantine's rise and how the capitals of the empire shifted during this period, the slow rift into the Eastern (later called Byzantine) and Western empires, etc, etc, etc. I learned an enormous sum.
I would also recommend reading this right after Mary Beard's SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (which starts from the Roman Kingdom and ends during the reign of Caracalla, and so the two books provide a basic continuum of the history of Rome in its entirety, excluding the continuing Byzantine empire).
I would also recommend reading this right after Mary Beard's SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (which starts from the Roman Kingdom and ends during the reign of Caracalla, and so the two books provide a basic continuum of the history of Rome in its entirety, excluding the continuing Byzantine empire).