The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea

by Edward Watts and Edward J. Watts

Book Overview

As this book intriguingly explores, for those who would make Rome great again and their victims, ideas of Roman decline and renewal have had a long and violent history.

The decline of Rome has been a constant source of discussion for more than 2200 years. Everyone from American journalists in the twenty-first century AD to Roman politicians at the turn of the third century BC have used it as a tool to illustrate the negative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190076712
• ISBN13: 9780190076719
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"