From the Book - Second edition.
Frontier wars and civil wars, 350-395
The battle of Adrianople and the sack of Rome
A divided city: the Christian church, 300-460
The disappearance of an army
The twilight of the west, 518-568
Constantinople, Persia and the Arabs
Decadent and do-nothing kings
The re-creating of Britain
The Lombard achievement, c. 540-712
The sundering of East and West
Towards a new western Empire, 714-800
Frontier societies: Christian Spain, 711-1037
'The dissension of kings'
'The desolation of the pagans'
