The End of Empire: Attila the Hun and the Fall of Rome
History remembers Attila, the leader of the Huns, as the Romans perceived him: a savage barbarian brutally inflicting terror on whoever crossed his path. Following Attila and the Huns from the steppes of Kazakhstan to the court of Constantinople, Christopher Kelly portrays Attila in a compelling new light, uncovering an unlikely marriage proposal, a long-standing relationship with a treacherous Roman general, and a thwarted assassination plot. We see Attila as both a master warrior and an astute strategist whose rule was threatening but whose sudden loss of power was even more so. The End of Empire is an original exploration of the clash betw…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-393-33849-2
- EAN: 9780393338492
- Produktnummer: 19441075
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 350 S.
- Masse: H20.8 cm x B13.9 cm x D2.5 cm 297 g
- Gewicht: 297
Über den Autor
Christopher Kelly, a professor of classics and ancient history and a Fellow and Director of studies in classics at Corpus Christi College at the University of Cambridge, where he received his PhD in classics. He lives in Cambridge, England, and Chicago, Illinois.
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