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Trade Review"Goldsworthy . . . claims the empire's fatal move was to make the centre of authority—Rome and its experienced senatorial government—irrelevant. . . . Goldsworthy's expertise guarantees his clearly and powerfully articulated thesis will open up the debate all over again."—Peter Jones, Telegraph
"Meticulously researched, complex and thought-provoking."—Diana Preston,
The Washington Post Book World (Best of 2009 Review)
"Goldsworthy gives a vivid account. . . . [he] tells us clearly and well—and without attempts at literary majesty—about the series of events that brought Rome’s western empire to a state of collapse."—Wall Street Journal
Selected as one of the Best Books of 2009 in the World History category, Diana Preston,
Washington Post Book World"Adrian Goldsworthy is one of the new generation of young classicists who combines scholarship with storytelling to bring the ancient world to life."—Simon Sebag Montefiore
