The dramatic story of the decline and fall of one of the greatest empires in world history, including the reasons for that fall, is told in detail in a series of informative and easy-to-read essays... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Once again, historian Don Nardo has turned out a well-organized, well-written, highly useful volume for younger readers about ancient Rome. Like his previously published book titled "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (borrowed from English historian Edward Gibbon's famous masterpiece)this book deals with the the long decline of the Roman realm over several centuries, only in this one Nardo mostly edits essays written by other scholars, all of them well-known and resepcted. Students and anyone of any age interested in ancient Rome will find this book an excellent source of information and, for that matter, just a plain good read.
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