The Tragedy of Empire: From Constantine to the Destruction of Roman Italy

by Michael Kulikowski

Book Overview

A sweeping political history of the turbulent two centuries that led to the demise of the Roman Empire.

The Tragedy of Empire begins in the late fourth century with the reign of Julian, the last non-Christian Roman emperor, and takes readers to the final years of the Western Roman Empire at the end of the sixth century. One hundred years before Julian's rule, Emperor Diocletian had resolved that an empire stretching from the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674660137
• ISBN13: 9780674660137
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.4"