The Enemies of Rome: The Barbarian Rebellion Against the Roman Empire
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History is written by the victors, and Rome had some very eloquent historians. Those the Romans regarded as barbarians left few records of their own, but they had a tremendous impact on the Roman imagination. Resisting from outside Rome's borders or rebelling from within, they emerge vividly in Rome's historical tradition, and left a significant footprint in archaeology. Kershaw builds a narrative around the lives, personalities, successes, and failures both of the key opponents of Rome's rise and dominance, and of those who ultimately brought the empire down.
Rome's history follows a remarkable trajectory from its origins as a tiny village of refugees from a conflict zone to a dominant superpower. But throughout this history, Rome faced significant resistance and rebellion from peoples whom it regarded as barbarians: Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Goths, Vandals, Huns, Picts and Scots.
Based both on ancient historical writings and modern archaeological research, this new history takes a fresh look at the Roman Empire through the personalities and lives of key opponents during the trajectory of Rome's rise and fall.
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Stephen Kershaw. (2020). The Enemies of Rome: The Barbarian Rebellion Against the Roman Empire. Pegasus Books.
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History is written by the victors, and Rome had some very eloquent historians. Those the Romans regarded as barbarians left few records of their own, but they had a tremendous impact on the Roman imagination. Resisting from outside Rome's borders or rebelling from within, they emerge vividly in Rome's historical tradition, and left a significant footprint in archaeology. Kershaw builds a narrative around the lives, personalities, successes, and failures both of the key opponents of Rome's rise and dominance, and of those who ultimately brought the empire down.
Rome's history follows a remarkable trajectory from its origins as a tiny village of refugees from a conflict zone to a dominant superpower. But throughout this history, Rome faced significant resistance and rebellion from peoples whom it regarded as barbarians: Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Goths, Vandals, Huns, Picts and Scots.
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November 15, 2019
A history of Rome built around the empire's battles against internal and external enemies. Kershaw (Classics/Oxford Univ.; The Search for Atlantis: A History of Plato's Ideal State, 2018, etc.) begins with the "founding of the city" in 753 B.C.E. and traces his theme through the fall of Rome in 476 C.E. Each chapter covers one of Rome's major adversaries. The list of characters includes many of the best-known names in ancient history--Hannibal, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Attila the Hun--along with others many readers will probably encounter for the first time. The author provides solid minibiographies of most of them, sometimes making a point of debunking popular wisdom--e.g., Hannibal and Cleopatra were not black. Kershaw also gives us a good look at a number of prominent Romans (Pompey, Julius Caesar, Constantine) and at the early history of other parts of the world, notably the Middle East. A recurring theme is the question of what the ancients meant by "barbarian," a definition that shifted as Rome absorbed Greek culture and then as the empire expanded to take in much of Western Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Africa. The Romans tended to draw highly stereotyped portraits of barbarian characters; their descriptions of the Goths and Huns make their enemies seem little better than animals. An exception was when one of them defeated a Roman general deemed to lack the proper Roman virtues; in this case, the "barbarian" is portrayed as an example of what his adversary should have been. Kershaw draws liberally on the original sources, including Plutarch, Livy, Tacitus, and other historians, with occasional references to modern research. Given the enormous swath of history the book covers, it almost inevitably lacks a certain cohesiveness as the narrative moves from one threatened frontier to another, often skipping several generations. Readers will find themselves referring frequently to the maps. Though this isn't the first Roman history one should read, it adds a fascinating dimension for anyone with a broad knowledge of the subject. An interesting take on Roman history focused on the peoples that resisted its growth and eventually brought about its destruction.COPYRIGHT(2019) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Ancient Rome faced many threats from outsiders, so-called barbarians. Relying upon a combination of sources?literature, mythology, and history (Plutarch, Livy)?Kershaw painstakingly chronicles them all in this often-grisly account of an empire under siege. He initially tells of a successful assault by Brennus and the Gauls, and the internal securing of rights by the Plebeians. The most famous of the series of later invasions pitted Rome against Carthage and Hannibal and his elephants (the Punic Wars), ca. 250-150 BCE. Rome faced challenges emanating from the Iberian peninsula to the west from Viriathus; from Jugurtha in Africa to the south (ca. 110 BCE). The litany of attacks goes on, including Spartacus and his legendary slave revolt in the first century BCE on through the Goths, the Visigoths, Attila, and the final sack of Rome by Alaric and the Vandals. Military-history wonks, who likely won't mind wallowing in so much carnage, and, of course, those who can't get enough of ancient Rome will be the target audience for this one.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2019, American Library Association.)
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