Modern Cultural Myth of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Jonathan Theodore studied at the University of Oxford and King’s College London, UK and has been a tutor in early European history at the latter. His first book, Cyprus and the Financial Crisis, was published by Palgrave in 2015.

• Introduction.- 1: Historiography, myth and visual culture.- 2: The Fall of Rome and ideas of decline.- 3: Roman decline and the West in the modern age.- 4: Decadence, imperialism and decline from the late Twentieth Century.- Conclusion.- Bibliography