The Ruin of the Roman Empire: A New History

Version: Unabridged
Author: James J. O\'Donnell
Narrator: Mel Foster
Genres: History
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published In: September 2008
# of Units: 15 CDs
Length: 2 hours, 20 minutes
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Overview

The heart of the puzzle of Rome's end is presented in a definitive and vivid history by James O'Donnell, renowned historian and the author of Augustine.

Author Details

Author Details

O\'Donnell, James J.

James J. O'Donnell is a distinguished classicist and has published widely on the history and culture of the late antiquities. A longtime professor of classics at the University of Pennsylvania, he has been provost of Georgetown University since 2002, is a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, and served as president of the American Philological Association. He is a graduate of Princeton and received his Ph.D. from Yale. He hails from New Mexico and travels the world in search of traces of the ancient past--and fine dark chocolate.