John Bagnell Bury

The classic study of how the Roman Empire gradually succumbed to barbarian encroachment.

The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians

Kerri Miller

A solid collection of lectures and essays, but has a few annoyances. The two that stand out the most are the frequent references in Latin to sayings or people we're assumed to know (like anyone really learns Latin anymore :( ) which would've been nice to have footnotes for, and secondly there really isn't a through-line to the book, which leaves it sort of trailing off in the end with a 10 page discourse on the parallel legal systems of the Lombards and Romans.. great, but how does THIS period of post-Empire set up Europe for what came next? That's the lecture I wanted to finish the book with.

The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians

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