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Barbarians and Romans, A.D. 418-584 Limited Ed Edition

by Walter Goffart (Author), Carl Erdmann (Editor)
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Despite intermittent turbulence and destruction, much of the Roman West came under barbarian control in an orderly fashion. Goths, Burgundians, and other aliens were accommodated within the provinces without disrupting the settled population or overturning the patterns of landownership. Walter Goffart examines these arrangements and shows that they were based on the procedures of Roman taxation, rather than on those of military billeting (the so-called hospitalitas system), as has long been thought. Resident proprietors could be left in undisturbed possession of their lands because the proceeds of taxation,rather than land itself, were awarded to the barbarian troops and their leaders.

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    0691102317
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    978-0691102313
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    Limited Ed
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    Princeton University Press
  5. Publication date
    October 1, 1987
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.67 x 8.5 inches
  8. Print length
    296 pages
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"A wholly new interpretation. . . . Professor Goffart argues his case clearly, forcefully, and at length. He has the ancient sources at his fingertips."---E. A. Thompson, Times Literary Supplement

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton University Press; Limited Ed edition (October 1, 1987)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0691102317
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0691102313
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.67 x 8.5 inches
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Flint F. Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Authoritative and final. The Romans destroyed themselves
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2013
With the admission that I am not a specialist in Roman history, Goffart was the first scholar to truly challenge the basic assumptions of Edward Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', that the barbarians invaded and destroyed the empire. Through intensive study of the newer Roman laws and a critical analysis of the source material, he was able to teach us that the Roman Empire collapsed from within, and that the barbarians, respectful of Roman culture, supported the crumbling empire far longer than Rome could have managed on its own. This book destroys everything that Gibbon said, but does so in a way that is convincing.
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Ed Barton
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Narrative History
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2017
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A good narrative history discussing the hypothesis of how Germanic tribes came to coexist with the Romans. A scholarly and heavy read - but one that can be absorbed by a non-historian. Not exactly a page turner, but a good discussion of some of the key elements influencing Roman and Gothic/Lombardic interactions in the 5th and 6th Centuries.
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Caleb Hanson
4.0 out of 5 stars Plausible, possible, but not convincing
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2011
This book is a study of one particular question: just what was the arrangement called 'hospitalitas', by which several Germanic tribes were peaceably (more or less) settled in Roman territory in the 5th and 6th centuries? The traditional view is that it was based on the old Roman system for quartering soldiers with civilians, and that one third of each Roman estate in the region was alienated from its Roman landlord and given over to barbarian "guests." Goffart proposes instead an accommodation based on Roman tax administration, and this book is his case for it - there is no historical narrative here, just a close analysis of the few sources we have on tax and land laws.

The analysis is very close and very carefully studied - I would guess that on average each page is two-thirds text and one-third notes, and that's *average* - his logic is persuasive, and his explanation makes better sense than the alternative. It's just that the more sources he looks at, and shows how they can be made to fit his model or how his model explains otherwise confusing passages, the more noticeable it becomes that no source ever actually *says* that's what was happening, whereas several do seem to be saying land was in fact expropriated (Goffart even acknowledges this himself from time to time), and to me that makes the theory "plausible" but still short of "convincing."

Still, and though I usually prefer more narrative with my history, I found it a good read, engaging, and like I said, plausible.
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Sally
5.0 out of 5 stars Academic but very interesting
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2022
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Very useful for those researching early foederati within Roman empire
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