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"Imaginative and intensely interesting"--Chistopher Kelly, University of Cambridge"An important addition to the study of this period of Western history."--Library Journal"The author makes a compelling case for his point of view and thus helps readers restudy and rethink a major period in world history.... Explains the complex realities of the Roman empire and its neighbors in fascinating detail."--BookPage
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Bryan Ward-Perkins is a lecturer in Modern History at the University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor in History at Trinity College. He has published widely on the subject and is a co-editor of The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume XIV
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; New Ed edition (September 7, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780192807281
ISBN-13: 978-0192807281
ASIN: 0192807285
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7.6 x 0.5 x 5 inches
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In the past few decades scholars of late antiquity, such as Peter Brown and Walter Goffart, have put forth the notion that the Roman Empire didn't fall violently, but rather “transformed†gently and peacefully into a new multi-ethnic society ruled by a series of Germanic kings.Bryan Ward-Perkins will have none of that. His book, along with Peter Heather's “The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History,†is a stringent corrective that seeks to demonstrate that Rome fell violently, with a catastrophic plunge in living standards. The novelty of Ward-Perkins' book lies inhow he uses archaeological evidence such as pottery shards, tile roofs, and stone construction to show how poor, illiterate, and backward Europe became after imperial Rome disintegrated. You know things were bad when even the cows got smaller.In part one of the book, titled The Fall of Rome, Ward-Perkins begins with a short discussion of the controversy mentioned above and examines how historians from Gibbon on have interpreted Rome's demise. He then looks at eye-witness accounts of the period. What did people who lived through the period, figures like Leo, Bishop of Rome, Hydatius, another bishop in Spain, and the monk Severinus of Noricum have to say about the Germanic invasions? Not surprisingly, they recount years of murder, arson, bloodshed, and horror. Hydatius even connects the arrival of the Germans in his area with the four scourges mentioned in the Book of Revelations and claims that mothers were driven by hunger to kill and eat their own children.After demonstrating the violence of the Germanic invasions and terrifying us with descriptive scenes of anarchy and chaos, Ward-Perkins spends 50 pages examining how and why this happened. The period from 376, when the Goths first invaded, to 476, when Odovacar deposed Romulus Agustulus, is terribly complicated, with dozens of main actors, abrupt reversals of fortune, betrayal, unexpected death, heroic struggle, and the like. Ward-Perkins does a serviceable job of leading the reader through this maze, but you'll need some background in the period to really make sense of it. Peter Heather's account has more detail, cohesion, and narrative energy, so my advice is to read him first.In the second part of the book, titled the End of Civilization, Ward-Perkins looks at the Roman economy before and after the Germanic invasions. Using archaeological evidence gleaned from diggings all over the Roman Empire, he shows how even the poor benefited from the fruits of Rome's sophisticated and complex economy. With access to well-made pottery, leather and metal goods, coins, tile roofs, and stone buildings, the Roman everyman of 2,000 years ago enjoyed a standard of living that would not be reached again in many parts of Europe for 1,000 years.Mr. Ward-Perkins also makes us realize how intellectual life, literacy, and the higher arts always rest on a certain level of material wealth and sophistication. While pots, coins, and tile roofs might seem boring, their presence indicates specialized training and knowledge, and without them, not only are we deprived of good plumbing, we are bereft of art, philosophy, and literary culture.I loved this book; it is beautifully written and full of arcane information, obscure authors, excellent charts, graphs and maps, and solid original scholarship, In short, it is a history buff's delight. Find it and read it--your view of Rome will never be the same.
The goal of this short volume (considering the possible scope of such a study) is to put forward the author’s case for his claim that the Western Roman Empire did actually “fall†in the commonly understood sense, refuting some more modernistic interpretations. Some authors assert that the empire simply entered a prolonged period of slow decline; others even more radically describe this as a “transformation,†suggesting that post-Empire late antiquity, although different, was somehow just as good or better than the original, that people were freer or otherwise better off, etc.It may (as some reviewers assert) be a consensus view that the Western Empire did not signal the end of civilization, and that the invaders attempted to continue administering the empire. The author grants that assertion but with qualifications. He states at one point that “the fifth century invasions caused these difficulties, and brought down the ancient economy in the West. However, this does not mean that the death of the sophisticated ancient world was intended by the Germanic peoples. The Invaders entered the Empire with a wish to share in its high standard of living, not to destroy it...†My own conclusion, based in part on this book, is that wittingly or not, the invaders killed the goose that laid the golden egg, and that however much they may have wanted to preserve the system, they lacked the knowledge and the civil structures needed to keep civilization at its former level.In the above respect, I felt the author made a strong and believable case for his point of view. He describes what the effects on those who lived through and after the fall likely were. He explains what the archeological record can and cannot tell us, and when he is extrapolating or theorizing about what happened rather than reporting actual findings, he makes this clear. He accurately points out what many writers gloss over, which is that the fall really occurred in the Western Empire, and that the Eastern Empire actually withstood the initial invasions quite well and continued to prosper for a much longer time.A few readers reported that they found this a little boring. I felt it was quite readable and well-annotated, and did not unnecessarily belabor its points. The author made several interesting observations; one concerned graffiti and what it shows us about the level of a society’s literacy. Another one I’ve found particularly pertinent to many historical works was his statement that “there is inevitably a close connection between the way we view our own world and the way we interpret the past.†This observation alone goes a long way towards explaining why there are so many “revisionist†histories out there; many authors are trying to rewrite the past in order to justify their vision of what the present should be like. This particular book has no obvious political or social agenda in that respect.The book does NOT provide much detail about WHY the Western Empire fell. It does not get into any real detail about the condition of the empire in 400 AD that he believes made the Western Empire vulnerable to the barbarian invasions, and definitely does not attempt to analyze what may have happened in Roman society that led to that state. That does not appear to be its purpose, and in retrospect, I do not view that as a shortcoming. That ground has been well-covered by others, so those looking for something more comprehensive that includes this particular kind of analysis will need to look elsewhere.
Superbly readable and a pleasure. Ward-Perkins offers a corrective to the new revisionists who insist that the Roman Empire went gently into that good night. It was neither gentle nor good. The end of that civilization was social and economic catastrophe. Using archeological and textual evidence, the author reveals the depth of the collapse and a plunge into a chaos that did not end for centuries in the West.The book is suprisingly short but gives clear, concise evidence for the author's thesis.
Part of my reason to read this book was to see if there were any parallels in the fall of Rome to what's happening today in the West. Turns out, plenty, if you care to look.I loved it/It was amazing5/5 Goodreads5/5 AmazonFurther Readingo The Decline and Fall of Europe (and maybe the West), Time, August 22, 2011o The New Europeans, National Geographic, September 28, 2016
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