Corruption And The Decline Of Rome
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At the heart of one of history's greatest civilisations lay a cancer that would ultimately consume it — and Ramsay MacMullen's Corruption and the Decline of Rome argues, with forensic precision, that systemic corruption was not merely a symptom of Rome's fall, but its primary cause. Drawing on a vast range of ancient sources, MacMullen chronicles how bribery, the sale of offices, and the erosion of civic duty hollowed out the Roman military, bureaucracy, and social fabric across the later imperial centuries, presenting a portrait of institutional decay that is as detailed as it is damning. MacMullen, one of the foremost Roman historians of the twentieth century, writes with a scholar's rigour and a storyteller's command, illustrating how the private pursuit of profit corroded the public virtues upon which Roman power depended. Corruption and the Decline of Rome stands as a landmark work in ancient history, inviting the reader to draw their own uncomfortable conclusions about the parallels between Rome's twilight and the political cultures of the modern world.
Author: Ramsay Macmullen
Format: Hardback
Genre: Ancient history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
At the heart of one of history's greatest civilisations lay a cancer that would ultimately consume it — and Ramsay MacMullen's Corruption and the Decline of Rome argues, with forensic precision, that systemic corruption was not merely a symptom of Rome's fall, but its primary cause. Drawing on a vast range of ancient sources, MacMullen chronicles how bribery, the sale of offices, and the erosion of civic duty hollowed out the Roman military, bureaucracy, and social fabric across the later imperial centuries, presenting a portrait of institutional decay that is as detailed as it is damning. MacMullen, one of the foremost Roman historians of the twentieth century, writes with a scholar's rigour and a storyteller's command, illustrating how the private pursuit of profit corroded the public virtues upon which Roman power depended. Corruption and the Decline of Rome stands as a landmark work in ancient history, inviting the reader to draw their own uncomfortable conclusions about the parallels between Rome's twilight and the political cultures of the modern world.