About this title: Ramsay MacMullen, Dunham Professor of History and classics at Yale, here offers a new perspective on the decline and fall of Rome. He argues that a key factor in the empire's military and administrative failures was a steady loss of control over government, as its aims and focus were thwarted for private gain by officials and military men at all ...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780300043136ISBN:0300043139
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo; Light wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. Light shelf wear to the DJ. One small closed tear on the DJ. DJ now protected in Brodart. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780300043136ISBN:0300043139
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Seller # FBRA108, 6.2 inches by 9.4 inches. The dust jacket shows minor wear mostly at the top of the front flap and along the edges where there is a small tear, 3/8 inch, in the top edge of the front. On the book itself, the hinges and binding are good and the interior and exterior are clean. NOT an Ex-Library copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780300043136ISBN:0300043139
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Text in great clean tight condition. Dust cover has slight shelf wear. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 319 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780300043136ISBN:0300043139
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0300043139. Bit of bumping, trace of rubbing to spine tail. Very slight spine lean. Blind stamp on title page. Some rubbing with a tiny tear in DJ spine tail. DJ corners lightly rubbed. 1/2" closed tear in front top DJ edge and on rear top DJ edge.; 319 pages. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven
Date Published: 1988
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 319 pp. incl. index. ¼ cloth backed paper boards and contents fine. Folding genealogical table, several text graphs. Pictorial dj near fine. "History Book Club" blindstamp on rear board lower corner. There are many theories explaining the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. In this work, the author believes that government corruption at the highest levels was the prime cause. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780300043136ISBN:0300043139
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 319 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Hardcover in dust jacket, Fine/Near Fine Condition (Beautiful, almost like new condition! ), 319 pages (L2). read more
Description: New Haven, Yale Univ. Press, (1988). Wrappers, map, figures (one folding), pp. xii, 319. Corners sl. bumped, spine and front wrapper creased else v.g. ISBN 0-300-04799-1. read more
Edition: First Edition First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, CT
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780300043136ISBN:0300043139
Description: Very Good + in Very Good + jacket. VG+ in VG+ dj with edge tear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780300043136ISBN:0300043139
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Description: Yale Univ; 1st Edition; Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0300043139. Slight spine slant and wear to book and newly mylared dust jacket. Fold out genealogical table.; A new perspective on the historical puzzle. MacMullen claims that it was a steady loss of focus and control over government as its aims were thwarted for private gain by high ranking bureaucrats and military leaders.; 8vo. read more
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