Also thanks to Gary Mitchell for his encouragement to push ahead and publish 15 years after I first wrote it! Table of Contents The Eternal Empire - Foreword MAIN CHARACTERS MAPS Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen GLOSSARY OF TERMS The Eternal Empire - Foreword Why the Roman Empire fell has been the subject of academic debate and investigation for centuries. Gibbons monumental 'History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' is the most well known work on the subject but there have been many other books since then which have investigated various aspects of the collapse of Rome and have attempted to explain the reasons behind it. One of the dominant themes encountered in these books is that of whether the fall was inevitable. With hindsight, it is generally possible to point to long term social or economic trends, or overwhelming external pressures to shoe that Rome was powerless to prevent its collapse.
