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The Plight of Rome in the Fifth Century AD
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Plight of Rome in the Fifth Century AD af Mark Merrony, 9780367896072
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Engelsk
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244
ISBN-13:
9780367896072
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Paperback
ISBN-10:
0367896079
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Udg. Dato:
6 dec 2019
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,7 x 1,5
Oplagsdato:
6 dec 2019
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The Plight of Rome in the Fifth Century AD

Engelsk
Paperback 2019
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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.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
244
ISBN-13:
9780367896072
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0367896079
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
6 dec 2019
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,7 x 1,5
Oplagsdato:
6 dec 2019
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