Viggen Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 428 AD An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire by G. Traina Book Review by Ian Hughes The study of Late Antiquity always has to face up to one overriding factor: in 476 (the traditional date), the Western Empire of Rome ceased to exist. The difficulty with reading many books on the period is that the story and analysis revolves around this pivotal date. Analysis of events prior to 476 are seen in hindsight as leading to the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Nice review. I had been curious about the book. But given the review, I don't think it is my cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 I must say that while the french edition does indeed have end-notes instead of lower page notes, it does come with a full bibliography of 42 pages, index and 15 illustrations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludovicus Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Two features of this book are its very readable translation from the Italian and its Eastern European sources, many of which are Armenian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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