Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity

Walter Scheidel

Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Published
1 June 2021
Pages
704
ISBN
9780691216737

Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity

Walter Scheidel

The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world

The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome’s dramatic collapse was actually the best thing that ever happened, clearing the path for Eur

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