History of the Later Roman Empire

In 410 A. D., King Alaric and the Visigoths besieged and sacked Rome.

“The eternal city”, which had been the centre of one of greatest empires ever to have existed, had been taken by Rome’s enemies and her wealth plundered.

But although Rome had fallen, this was not the end of the Roman Empire.

Instead the Empire, which had already moved its focus away from the Western Mediterranean towards the East, continue to thrive.

J. B. Bury, the eminent classical scholar of the twentieth century, explain...