Rome's Gothic Wars
Subtitle: From the Third Century to Alaric (Key Conflicts of Classical Antiquity)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780521846332
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; History of specific subjects; History - General History; Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries; History; History: World; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; History / Ancient / General; Empire, 284-476; Ancient - General; Goths; Rome
Description: xii, 225 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Table of contents: title: Contents … vii; title: Maps … ix; title: Acknowledgements … xi; title: ◦; title: Prologue. Before the Gates Of Rome … 1; title: 1. The Goths Before Constantine … 14; title: 2. The Roman Empire and Barbarian Society …  34; title: 3. The Search for Gothic Origins ... 43; title: 4. Imperial Politics and the Rise of Gothic Power ... 71; title: 5. Goths and Romans, 332-376 ... 100; title: 6. The Battle of Adrianople … 123; title: 7. Theodosius and the Goths … 144; title: 8. Alaric and the Sack of Rome ... 154; title: Epilogue. The Aftermath of Alaric … 178; title: ◦; title: Glossary of ancient sources … 185; title: Biographical glossary … 191; title: Further reading … 205; title: Notes … 209; title: Index … 219