peter heather the fall of the roman empire

In the modern era it's been researched and re-told superbly several times, including in Averil Cameron's magisterial 1985 book Procopius and the Sixth Century and in Anthony Kaldellis' definitive annotations for his 2014 edition of Procopius' The Wars of Justinian. It was written up at the time by an eye witness, direct participant, and great historian, Procopius, and centuries later it formed one of the most memorable chunks of Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The subject is both historically pivotal and genuinely fascinating, so it hasn't lacked for chroniclers. Heather, Professor of Medieval History at King's College London, is the author of some solid, first-rate popular histories, books like The Fall of the Roman Empire and The Restoration of Rome, and here he takes on the epic subject of the Emperor Justinian's attempts in the 6th century to reclaim for Rome the vast territories it had lost in the 5th. The “Ancient Warfare and Civilization” series from Oxford University Press continues with Peter Heather's new book, Rome Resurgent: War and Empire in the Age of Justinian.

Peter heather the fall of the roman empire