![]() ![]() Defying the might of Rome was a dangerous business, and few of the men and women described here died in their beds. Some fought to preserve their heritage, some for personal survival, and others from a warrior's love of battle. Their leaders were driven by ambition, vindictive hatred, fear, political calculation, or naked greed. ![]() They varied from the highly cultivated Greeks and Egyptians to wild and rebellious Britons and Germans, to the Asiatic empires of the Persians and Parthians. This book looks at the growth and eventual demise of Rome from the viewpoint of those vanquished by Rome. Indeed, as Philip Matyszak argues, had Rome not crushed rivals so completely, the drop into the Dark Ages might not have occurred at Rome's collapse, no other powerful civilizations remained to absorb the impact. The alternative view now suggests that many of Rome's enemiesthe Celts, Hebrews, and Phoenicians, for examplewere developing civilizations in their own right before obliteration at the Roman sword. ![]() Until recently, it was assumed that Rome carried the torch of civilization into the barbarian darkness, bringing law, architecture, and literature to conquered peoples. A groundbreaking assessment of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, told from the point of view of the peoples vanquished by Rome. ![]()
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