Bryan Ward-Perkins je archeológ a historik neskorej Rímskej ríše a raného stredoveku. Jeho práca sa zameriava na prechodné obdobie medzi týmito dvoma érami, známe aj ako neskorá antika. Skúma, ako sa rímska spoločnosť rozpadla a ako z nej v ranom stredoveku povstali nové spoločenské štruktúry. Ward-Perkins sa zaujíma o materiálnu kultúru a ekonomické faktory, ktoré formovali tieto zásadné historické zmeny, a snaží sa poskytnúť vyvážený pohľad na toto búrlivé obdobie.
This book covers the increasingly important 'routes' sector of the tourism industry. It reviews how routes are created, their effects on tourism businesses, local populations and other stakeholders, and the critical role of both communities and those who provide strategic direction and funding. It also includes contemporary examples and cases.
The dominant view is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start of a positive cultural transformation. Encouraging the readers to think again by reclaiming the drama and violence of Rome's fall, this book examines how and why successive generations have understood this period differently.