Frederic Raphael

Rome on the skids

The Fall of the West: The Death of the Roman Superpower, by Adrian Goldsworthy The Ruin of the Roman Empire, by James O’Donnell

  • The Fall of the West: The Death of the Roman Superpower

    Adrian Goldsworthy

    Weidenfeld, pp. 560

  • The Ruin of the Roman Empire

    James O’Donnell

    Weidenfeld, pp. 448

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