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PublisherGetty Publications
ISBN-101606060244
ISBN-139781606060247
eBay Product ID (ePID)92925028
Product Key Features
Book TitleAd 410 : the Year That Shook Rome
Number of Pages184 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicAncient / Rome, Europe / Medieval
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorSam Moorhead, David Stuttard
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.8 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"The authors . . . are particularly skilled at breathing life back into a cast of long-dead characters."-- About.com, Ancient/Classical History, "The authors . . . are particularly skilled at breathing life back into a cast of long-dead characters."-- About.com, Ancient/Classical History , "The authors . . . are particularly skilled at breathing life back into a cast of long-dead characters."- About.com, Ancient/Classical History
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal937.09
SynopsisOn a sweltering August night in the year A.D. 410, the unthinkable happened. The Goths swarmed into Rome and sacked the city--not just any city, but the Eternal City, unbreached for eight hundred years. The calamity shook the empire to its core. Ever since, historians have struggled to fathom the reason why Rome fell but few have told the tale of exactly what transpired. The year 2010 marks 1600 years since the fall and this compelling new chronicle is being published to coincide with the anniversary. Brought vividly to life by evocative storytelling, AD410 explores the chain of events that culminated in the collapse of the empire. Interwoven with contemporary histories, letters, and testimonies--many newly translated for the book--this epic tale of imperial folly and court intrigue, honor and duplicity, and heroism and cowardice, paints an illuminating portrait of ordinary individuals grappling with an extraordinary crisis at a defining moment in history.
