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Bryan Ward-Perkins

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Rome, Italy

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Bryan Ward-Perkins is an archaeologist and historian of the later Roman Empire and early Middle Ages, with a particular focus on the transitional period between those two eras, an historical sub-field also known as Late Antiquity. Ward-Perkins is a fellow and tutor in history at Trinity College, Oxford. The son of historian John Bryan Ward-Perkins, he was born and raised in Rome and spoke Italian from childhood.

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	The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,086 ratings — published 2005 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 14, Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, Ad 425-600 by Averil Cameron (Editor), Bryan Ward-Perkins (Editor), Michael Whitby (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pompeii A.D. 79: Essay and catalogue by Bryan Ward-Perkins, Amanda Claridge 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1978 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Italians: History, Art and the Genius of a People (Encompassing the Phenomenon of Italy in All Its Grandeur and Diversity and With the Most Beautiful, Dramatic Images in the Human Repertory) by Karl Christ, Bryan Ward-Perkins, John Hale 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1983 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Statues of Antiquity by R.R.R. Smith (Editor), Bryan Ward-Perkins (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages: Public Building in Northern and Central Italy, AD 300-850 (Oxford Historical Monographs) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Italy and the East Roman World in the Medieval Mediterranean: Empire, Cities and Elites, 476-1204 by Thomas J MacMaster (Editor), Nicholas S M Matheou (Editor), Michael Angold really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Economy and Exchange in the East Mediterranean during Late Antiquity by Sean Kingsley, Michael J. Decker (Editor), Andrew Wilson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fall of Rome Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caderea Romei si sfarsitul civilizatiei 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In my opinion, the key internal element in Rome’s success or failure was the economic well-being of its taxpayers. This was because the empire relied for its security on a professional army, which in turn relied on adequate funding.”
― Bryan Ward-Perkins, The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization

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“The almost total disappearance of coinage from daily use in the post-Roman West is further powerful evidence of a remarkable change in levels of economic sophistication.”
― Bryan Ward-Perkins, The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization

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“A hung jury, however, suggests that any decline was not overwhelming; and, in common with most historians, I believe the empire was still very powerful at the end of the fourth century. Unfortunately, a series of disasters was soon to change things.”
― Bryan Ward-Perkins, The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization

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