Table of Contents

LIST OF GENEALOGICAL CHARTS 
CHRONOLOGIES 
INTRODUCTION 
ONE
Kings, Heroes, and Tribal Origins 
TWO
The Empire and the "New" Peoples:From the Marcomannic Wars to the End of the Third Century 
THREE
The Germanic Peoples as Enemies and Servants of the Empire in the Fourth Century
FOUR
Emperorship and Kingship on Roman Soil 
FIVE
The Hunnic Alternative 
SIX
The Kingdom of Toulouse (418-507):Pioneering Achievement and Failed Accommodation 
SEVEN
The Vandals (406-534): A Unique Case? 
EIGHT
Odovacar, or the Roman Empire That Did Not End 
NINE
Theodoric (451-526) and Clovis (466/467-511) 
TEN
A Battle for Rome (526l535-552/555) 
ELEVEN
Britain Too Was Not Conquered:The Making of England in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries 
TWELVE
The Burgundians: Weakness and Resilience (407/413-534) 
THIRTEEN
The Spanish Kingdom of the Visigoths (507/568-711/725):The First Nation of Europe 
FOURTEEN
The Longobard Epilogue (488-643/652) 
FIFTEEN
The Transformation of the Roman World 
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 
NOTES 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 
INDEX
MAPS 

About the Author

Herwig Wolfram is Professor of History at the University of Vienna. His earlier History of the Goths (California, 1988) has been widely acclaimed. Thomas Dunlap, translator of History of the Goths and a number of other books including Joachim Bumke's Courtly Culture (California, 1991), lives and works in Belmont, Massachusetts.

Reviews

"[Wolfram's] detailed survey makes clear the breathtaking transformation wrought by the Germanic tribes." - Kirkus Reviews "[A] classic work.... This clever and subtle text... comes over clearly, unravelling the kaleidoscopic hybridity of the world of Goths, Vandals, Huns, Burgundians, Franks and Lombards." - Times Literary Supplement "[Wolfram] explores the high points in the history of a number of closely related Germanic societies as they faced the power of the Roman Empire and Roman imperial society.... This is a learned, sophisticated, and valuable book - one which can address the interests of people on all levels of erudition." - Robert L. Benson, co-editor of Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century"