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The plight of Rome in the fifth century AD /

(Number (ISBN

131517409X

(Number (ISBN

1351702777

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1351702785

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1351702793

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9781315174099

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9781351702775

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9781351702782

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9781351702799

Erroneous ISBN

1138041971

Erroneous ISBN

1351702777

Erroneous ISBN

1351702785

Erroneous ISBN

9781138041974

Erroneous ISBN

9781351702799

Title Proper

The plight of Rome in the fifth century AD /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Mark Merrony.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xxii, 217 pages)

Series Title

Routledge studies in ancient history

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; List of maps and illustrations; Notes on the sources; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The purple cloak of deceit; 2 The bloody peace; 3 Crisis! What crisis?; 4 The rise and fall of the new golden era; 5 The plight of Rome; Appendix: timeline of events; Bibliography; Index.

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Text of Note

"The Plight of Rome in the Fifth Century AD argues that the fall of the western Roman Empire was rooted in a significant drop in war booty, agricultural productivity, and mineral resources. Merrony proposes that a dependency on the three economic components was established with the Principate, when a precedent was set for an unsustainable threshold on military spending. Drawing on literary and archaeological data, this volume establishes a correspondence between booty (in the form of slaves and precious metals) from foreign campaigns and public building programmes, and how this equilibrium was upset after the Empire reached its full expansion and began to contract in the third century. It is contended that this trend was exacerbated by the systematic loss of agricultural productivity (principally grain, but also livestock), as successive barbarian tribes were settled and wrested control from the imperial authorities in the fifth century. Merrony explores how Rome was weakened and divided, unable to pay its army, feed its people, or support the imperial bureaucracy - and how this contributed to its administrative collapse."--Provided by publisher.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

MIL

Stock Number

1020277

Title

Plight of Rome in the fifth century AD.

International Standard Book Number

9781138041974

Regression (Civilization)-- History-- To 1500.

Economic history.

HISTORY-- Ancient-- Rome.

Regression (Civilization)

Rome, Economic conditions, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Rome, History, Empire, 284-476.

Rome (Empire)

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HIS-- 002020

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Merrony, Mark W.

Date of Transaction

20200822160457.0

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