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In 476 Ad, The Last Of Rome's Emperors, Known As 'augustulus,' Was Deposed By A Barbarian General, The Son Of One Of Attila The Hun's Henchmen. With The Imperial Vestments Dispatched To Constantinople, The Curtain Fell On The Roman Empire In Western Europe, Its Territories Divided Among Successor Kingdoms Constructed Around Barbarian Military Manpower. But, If The Roman Empire Was Dead, Romans Across Much Of The Old Empire Still Lived, Holding On To Their Lands, Their Values, And Their Institutions. The Conquering Barbarians, Responding To Rome's Continuing Psychological Dominance And The Practical Value Of Many Of Its Institutions, Were Ready To Reignite The Imperial Flame And Enjoy The Benefits. As Peter Heather Shows In Dazzling Biographical Portraits, Each Of The Three Greatest Immediate Contenders For Imperial Power--theoderic, Justinian, And Charlemagne--operated With A Different Power Base But Was Astonishingly Successful In His Own Way. Though Each In Turn Managed To Put Back Together Enough Of The Old Roman West To Stake A Plausible Claim To The Western Imperial Title, None Of Their Empires Long Outlived Their Founders' Deaths. Not Until The Reinvention Of The Papacy In Th

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Author

Peter J. Heather

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford Univ Pr

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199368518

Category

history

Subjects

Western, Fiction, History

Rating

4.05 / 5 (158 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14