Bryan Ward-Perkins

The idea that the Roman Empire experienced a violent, dramatic fall isn’t new to me. I’ve gone through classes where my professors have stressed this point. Ward-Perkins’ viewpoint, however, was unique and almost read as a story rather than real history. I enjoyed reading it, and it was really nice to get a little more insight into the topic, especially after reading Edward Gibbon’s “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”

maintains that fall of Western empire led to real declines in culture and material comfort, not assimilation of different cultures

Analiza la caída del Imperio y lo que significó en retroceso para Europa, en cuanto uso de tecnología en todos los campos, arquitectura, confort, economía, viajes y alfabetización de la población. describe el caos en que cayó la civilización cuando cayo roma.

A few decades after the fall of Rome, barbarian kings treasured objects that a few years before peasants discarded. It blew my mind.