Pasquale Villari

The Barbarian Invasions of Italy (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Pergamum Collection publishes books history has long forgotten. We transcribe books by hand that are now hard to find and out of print. Das E-Book The Barbarian Invasions of Italy wird angeboten von Charles River Editors und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert: goth; ostrogoth; vandal; free; alaric; attila; lombard; franks

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Charles River Editors
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781629210322
• Artikelnr.: 54251829

Autorenporträt

What caused the fall of the Roman Empire? The first reply that occurs to us is this: That the Romans were corrupt and enfeebled by corruption; the Barbarians, while rougher, were also stronger and less corrupt. When the latter had once crossed the Rhine and the Danube, their ultimate victory was assured; the Empire was bound to fall, new social conditions were bound to arise. But what had corrupted and weakened a people that had been for so many centuries a model of discipline, virtue, and strength - a people that had conquered the world? Its corruption was a consequence, not a cause, and was the first symptom of the decline that had already begun. The Empire that Livy had seen bending beneath the burden of its own greatness could not last for ever...