The Last Roman: Romulus Augustulus and the Decline of the West torrent

The Last Roman: Romulus Augustulus and the Decline of the West - Adrian Murdoch [epub]

"The Last Roman" is the only biography about Romulus Augustulus. It focuses on the personalities behind this powerful story and reveals the world into which Romulus was born - an empire that was about to die.

Author Adrian Murdoch explores how Romulus's father Orestes, secretary to Attila the Hun, rose through the ranks to become kingmaker; how all was lost to another usurper in an Italy wracked with civil war; and how Romulus found peace at last, founding a monastery. This dramatic and poignant story of politics, decline and loss has inspired.

Drawing on extensive new archaeological and historical research and using numerous contemporary sources, many translated for the first time since the nineteenth century, "The Last Roman" is the vivid story of an empire breathing its last.

Adrian Murdoch is a journalist specialising in history, business and geopolitical issues. His book The Last Pagan: Julian the Apostate and the Death of the Ancient World was published by Sutton in 2003 and in 2006 Sutton will publish his Rome's Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest.

Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd; UK edition (December 15, 2006)