Barbarians Within the Gates of Rome by Thomas S Burns

Barbarians Within the Gates of Rome by Thomas S Burns

At the death of the Emperor Valentinian I in 375, Rome had behind it centuries of dealing with barbarian people along its frontiers. This book shows that the Roman policy toward the barbarians was evolutionary rather than revolutionary, even though crisis upon crisis befell Rome during this period.

"Excellent" -- The Reader's Review "Thomas Burns takes us thoroughly through this moment of crisis, giving us a precise analysis of the principal players in this period of transition." -- Military Illustrated "The book is well-written and throws new light on the events in the West a short while before the Fall of the Empire. Highly recommended!" -- The Journal of Indo-European Studies "With this impressive study Burns has greatly enriched late antique scholarship." -- Religious Studies Review "This is a substantial and well documented book which has reminded me that the importance of reading is not so much to absorb facts, but to take in new ideas." --Besprechungen und Anzeigen "What Burns has accomplished here is a thoroughly interesting and compelling study of late-medieval piety in one diocese. It may well serve as a model for other local historians willing to engage in this important inquiry." -- Speculum

THOMAS S. BURNS is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History, Emory University. He is the author of A History of the Ostrogoths, The Ostrogoths: Kingship and Society, and (with Bernhard H. Overbeck) Rome and the Germans as Seen in Coinage.

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ISBN 13	9780253312884
ISBN 10	0253312884
Title	Barbarians Within the Gates of Rome
Author	Thomas S Burns
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Indiana University Press
Year published	1995-03-22
Number of pages	448
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