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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDon Hollway’s
At the Gates of Rome is a masterful blending of solid scholarship and excellent storytelling that brings the Eternal City’s turbulent early history to vibrant life. Patricians and barbarians, slaves and saints, victors and vanquished leap from the pages fully formed, making the book an enthralling read from the first page to the last. -- Stephen Harding, 'New York Times' bestselling author of 'The Last Battle'
Fans of Hollway’s short work already know his outstanding narrative style is matched by his impressive range. Coming on the heels of his medieval masterpiece
The Last Viking,
At the Gates of Rome brings Hollway’s marriage of thrilling storytelling and historical rigor to Late Antiquity. In this illuminating page-turner, Hollway walks us through the fate of one of the most significant civilizations in human history. There are works of history we return to as reference, and those we return to as inspiration. In
At the Gates of Rome, Hollway has given us both. -- Myke Cole, author of 'Legion versus Phalanx'
Table of ContentsDramatis Personae Chronology List of Illustrations Author's Note Introduction Prologue: The Fall of Rome PART ONE: AD 378–397 I. Adrianople II. Foederati III. A World Divided IV. Leaders V. The Battle of the Frigidus VI.
Pater Patriae PART TWO: AD 395–408 VII. Invaders VIII. Betrayal IX. Triumvirate X. Enemies on All Sides XI. Barring the Gates XII. Barbarians Ascendant XIII. Uprising XIV. The World Turns XV. Invasion XVI. Death Renders All Equal XVII. “Everything Will Fall to Pieces” XVIII. Radagaisus XIX.
Annus Horribilis XX. Contenders for the Throne XXI. Overthrow XXII. Downfall
PART THREE: AD 408–410 XXIII. The New Order XXIV. The March on Rome XXV. First Siege XXVI.
Poena Cullei XXVII. Second Siege XXVIII. Third Siege XXIX. The Graveyard of the Romans XXX.
Finis Epilogue: The Triumph of Barbarism Sources Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
