Barbarians Within the Gates of Rome

THOMAS S. BURNS is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History, Emory University. He is the author of A History of the Ostrogoths, The Ostrogoths: Kingship and Society, and (with Bernhard H. Overbeck) Rome and the Germans as Seen in Coinage.

• PrefaceIntroduction1. Valentinian, Valens, and the Battle of Adrianople2. Theodosius in Action3. Concluding the Gothic Wars4. Barbarians and Civil War5. Stilicho's Transalpine Recruitment Areas6, Four Generals7. Alaric and Stilicho: Working Together8. The Sack of Rome9. The Settlement of 418: Constantine, Constantius, Athaulf, Wallia, and RomeConclusionEmperors and Principal UsurpersChronological OutlineNotesBibliographyIndex

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