Rome's Gothic Wars: From the Third Century to Alaric (Key Conflicts of Classical Antiquity) - Hardcover

Kulikowski, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521846331 ISBN 13: 9780521846332

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

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'Kulikowski offers a novel, exhilarating and convincing interpretation ... straight to the heart of a major historical debate.' John F. Drinkwater, author of Fifth-Century Gaul: A Crisis of Identity?

'[A] lively and important new study ... engaging and sophisticated narrative of events.' Guy Halsall, author of Violence and Society in the Early Medieval West

'Intriguing, comprehensive, and up-to-date history ... The reader gets a sense of who the Goths were and why they had such a tremendous effect on Rome, defeating the Roman emperor Valens in 378, the greatest military defeat in Roman imperial history, and plundering the city of Rome in 410. In the process Kulikowski de-mystifies the nationalist mythologies surrounding the Goths while telling a fascinating story.' Paul Freedman, Yale University

'An extraordinary window back into the life-and-death struggles of the late Roman Empire. Kulikowski brings an epic conflict, rich in character and detail, to life. A great book.' Robert Gardner, three-time Emmy winner and Academy Award nominee, Producer/Director Barbarians

Book Description:

An introduction to the Roman Empire's relations with one of the most important barbarian groups of the ancient world. Kulikowski traces the history of Romano-Gothic relations from their earliest stage in the third century until the entry of many Goths into the empire in 376 and the subsequent catastrophic Gothic war.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521846331
• ISBN 13: 9780521846332
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238