{"product_id":"restoration-of-rome-barbarian-popes-and-imperial-pretenders-hardcover","title":"Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Heather\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 476 AD, the last of Rome's emperors, known as \"Augustulus,\" was deposed by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun's henchmen. With the imperial vestments dispatched to Constantinople, the curtain fell on the Roman empire in Western Europe, its territories divided among successor kingdoms constructed around barbarian military manpower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, if the Roman Empire was dead, Romans across much of the old empire still lived, holding on to their lands, their values, and their institutions. The conquering barbarians, responding to Rome's continuing psychological dominance and the practical value of many of its institutions, were ready to reignite the imperial flame and enjoy the benefits. As Peter Heather shows in dazzling biographical portraits, each of the three greatest immediate contenders for imperial power--Theoderic, Justinian, and Charlemagne--operated with a different power base but was astonishingly successful in his own way. Though each in turn managed to put back together enough of the old Roman West to stake a plausible claim to the Western imperial title, none of their empires long outlived their founders' deaths. Not until the reinvention of the papacy in the eleventh century would Europe's barbarians find the means to establish a new kind of Roman Empire, one that has lasted a thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sequel to the bestselling \u003cem\u003eFall of the Roman Empire, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Restoration of Rome\u003c\/em\u003e offers a captivating narrative of the death of an era and the birth of the Catholic Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Heather \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Medieval History at King's College London. He is the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Fall of the Roman Empire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEmpires and Barbarians\u003c\/em\u003e, and numerous other works on late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 488\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.4 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45257512976486,"sku":"9780199368518","price":49.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/eC8zSzFrUmMwRUttRXhpak9sZGlqQT09.webp?v=1773780630","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/restoration-of-rome-barbarian-popes-and-imperial-pretenders-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}