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History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. 1: 400-568 AD
History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages Vol 1 400568 AD Author:Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton, David S. Chambers This volume (books 1 and 2) includes: a new introduction to Gregorovius and his work by David S. Chambers of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes in London; Annie Hamilton?s preface to her translation; Friedrich Althaus?s biographical notice on Gregorovius. Book One covers from the beginning of the 5th century to the fall of the Western Emp... more »ire in 476. It treats: the description of the city, its churches and monuments; The transformation from a pagan to a Christian city; The city?s encounter with Honorius, Radagaisus, and Stilicho; The sieges of Alaric; Popes and Vandals; Saints and Emperors; Empresses and Legends. Book Two extends from the beginning of the reign of Odoacer to the establishment of the Exarchate in Ravenna in 568 and includes: The career of Theodoric; The survival of Roman customs and festivals; The Jews of Rome and schism in the Catholic Church; The trial and execution of Boethius and Symmachus; Amalasuntha, Belisarius, Vitiges; Rome between the Goths and the Byzantines; Invasions by the Lombards and other Barbarians; The condition of Rome at the end of the wars.« less