The Fall of Rome

Imaginative and intensely interesting.'Christopher Kelly, University of CambridgeExceptionally intelligent work.‘Literary ReviewThere is nothing mealy mouthed about this hard-hitting and beautifully written assessment which, I am delighted to say, will cause a great deal of trouble.'The Sunday TelegraphTeasingly stimulating, acutely critical, abundantly constructive, and certain to unleash endless debate.‘Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, author of Civilizations and Millennium

Bryan Ward-Perkins is a lecturer in Modern History at the University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor in History at Trinity College. Born and brought up in Rome, he has excavated extensively in Italy, primarily sites of the immediate post-Roman period. His principal interests are in combining historical and archaeological evidence, and in understanding the transition from Roman to post-Roman times. A joint editor of The Cambridge Ancient History, vol. XIV, his previous publications include From Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages.