Douglas Boin
Autor/a de Alaric the Goth: An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome
Sobre l'autor
Douglas Boin is a professor of history at Saint Louis and the author of Coming Out Christian in the Roman World and two scholarly books on antiquity. He lives in Austin, Texas.
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- Llocs de residència
- Austin, Texas, USA
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Alaric the Goth: An Outsider's History of the Fall… de Douglas Boin
I guess it’s really a look at Rome at about 350 - 450AD. There’s not much good historical info about Alaric himself, so the author tries to fill in without actually making stuff up. I learned many things about Roman life at that time, but I think a good historian, had they worked on a history of Rome from 350-450, could have come up with something a little more solid. By trying to focus on Alaric, about whom so little can be known, something was lost. But still the book was very educational.
In 410 AD, an army of Goths led by Alaric sacked Rome, an event that shocked the entire Roman world. For centuries, the Goths were painted as the evil villains of history for this. Douglas Boin writes the history of the 410 sacking from the perspective of the Goths and paints a sympathetic portrait of them. He also has lots of critical things to say about the Romans who ridiculed immigrants to the empire and imposed an extremely intolerant form of Christianity on the Empire.
This book is a valuable contribution to the history of the period. Other books describing the mass migrations of people during this period provide little understanding of the people doing the migration. Boin manages to bring the world of the goths to life.
The book is very readable albeit confusing in spots. It also strains to make parallels to our modern world.… (més)
This book is a valuable contribution to the history of the period. Other books describing the mass migrations of people during this period provide little understanding of the people doing the migration. Boin manages to bring the world of the goths to life.
The book is very readable albeit confusing in spots. It also strains to make parallels to our modern world.… (més)
Because Roman history really doesn't need modern day sensibilities transposed onto it.
A fairly light read for a book that straddles the line between academic and popular history. The author does the best he can with the very limited number of primary sources about the historic Alaric. It does provide an interesting perspective on the late Roman empire.
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- Popularitat
- #109,507
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- 3.6
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- 10
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- 17
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- 1