The Roman Empire and its Germanic peoples
The names of early Germanic warrior tribes and leaders resound in songs and legends; the real story of the part they played in reshaping the ancient world is no less gripping. This book presents a history that spans the great migrations of the Germanic people and the rise and fall of their kingdoms between the third and eighth centuries.
Print Book, English, 1997
University of California Press, Berkeley, 1997
361 p., [2] h. de map
9780520085114, 9780520244900, 0520085116, 0520244907
644722294
LIST OF GENEALOGICAL CHARTS CHRONOLOGIES INTRODUCTION ONE Kings, Heroes, and Tribal Origins TWO The Empire and the "New" Peoples:From the Marcomannic Wars to the End of the Third Century THREE The Germanic Peoples as Enemies and Servants of the Empire in the Fourth Century FOUR Emperorship and Kingship on Roman Soil FIVE The Hunnic Alternative SIX The Kingdom of Toulouse (418-507):Pioneering Achievement and Failed Accommodation SEVEN The Vandals (406-534): A Unique Case? EIGHT Odovacar, or the Roman Empire That Did Not End NINE Theodoric (451-526) and Clovis (466/467-511) TEN A Battle for Rome (526l535-552/555) ELEVEN Britain Too Was Not Conquered:The Making of England in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries TWELVE The Burgundians: Weakness and Resilience (407/413-534) THIRTEEN The Spanish Kingdom of the Visigoths (507/568-711/725):The First Nation of Europe FOURTEEN The Longobard Epilogue (488-643/652) FIFTEEN The Transformation of the Roman World LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX MAPS