LECTURE FOR MARCH 27:  THE FALL OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE

 

Once again, the map with all the arrows:

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Valentinian I:  No barbarians would have gotten past him...

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Valentinian again, dragging a barbarian captive by the hair:

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Honorius, the "child emperor":

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Stilicho, a "loyal barbarian":

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What Alaric wants for himself and for his followers:

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Rome's fortification walls:

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More Maps, from DIR website:

Roman world in AD 300                     AD 400                     AD 500.