The Ruin of the Roman Empire - A New History

- Feature in HarperCollins History Catalog - Group ad in The American Historical Review

About the author

James J. O'Donnell is a classicist who served for ten years as Provost of Georgetown University and is now University Librarian at Arizona State University. He is the author of several books including Augustine, The Ruin of the Roman Empire, and Avatars of the Word. He is the former president of the American Philological Association, a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, and the chair of the Board of Directors of the American Council of Learned Societies. He is seen here at an ancient monastery on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire, in Syria.

Product details

• Authors: James J O'Donnell, James J. O'Donnell
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.09.2008
• EAN: 9780060787370
• ISBN: 978-0-06-078737-0
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Civilization, HISTORY: Ancient / Rome, HISTORY: Europe / Italy, HISTORY: Medieval, HISTORY: Modern / General, HISTORY: Reference, HISTORY: Europe / Western, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain, HISTORY: Europe / Eastern, ARCHITECTURE: History / Renaissance, ART: History / Ancient & Classical, ARCHITECTURE: History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)