How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower
by Adrian Goldsworthy
For those readers with a deep interest in classical antiquity – I know there are a number of you out there.
I’m 125 pages in to this latest tome by British historian and classicist Adrian Goldsworthy and I can say it is truly excellent; better, in fact than his acclaimed biography of Julius Caesar, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
. Where Goldsworthy was more closely tied to his primary sources in his earlier work, How Rome Fell gives him greater scope for both synthesis and analysis as Goldsworthy draws on his knowledge of the subject to evaluate theories of causation as well as to entertain and inform the reader.
Will review when finished.
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August 10th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Zen, I agree it is a great read!!