The Fall of the Roman Empire: Film and History

Notes on Contributors

Editor’s Preface

1. A Critical Appreciation of The Fall of the Roman Empire: Martin M. Winkler (George Mason University)

2. History, Ancient and Modern, in The Fall of the Roman Empire: Allen M. Ward (the University of Connecticut)

3. Marcus Aurelius: The Empire Over Himself: Diskin Clay (Duke University)

4. Was Commodus Really That Bad?: Eleonora Cavallini (Bologna University)

5. East and West in The Fall of the Roman Empire: Jan Willem Drijvers (the University of Groningen)

6. Empire Demolition: Anthony Mann

7. Excerpts from the American Souvenir Program of The Fall of the Roman Empire
7.1. A Prologue by Will Durant

7.2. The Roman Forum: In Ruins Today ¼ and Re-Created

7.3. An Epilogue

8. Edward Gibbon and The Fall of the Roman Empire: Martin M. Winkler (George Mason University)

9. Fact, Fiction, and the Feeling of History: Martin M. Winkler (George Mason University)

10. Peace and Power in The Fall of the Roman Empire: Ward W. Briggs, Jr. (the University of South Carolina)

11. The Politics of The Fall of the Roman Empire: Peter W. Rose (Miami University)

12. Excerpts from Edward Gibbon

12.1. Marcus Aurelius and His Time

12.2. The Auction of the Empire

The Chief Ancient Sources on Marcus Aurelius

Cassius Dio

The Augustan History: Marcus Antoninus the Philosopher

Herodian

Chronology: The Roman Empire at the Time of Marcus Aurelius

Bibliography

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