6: The Catastrophic Fall Of Roman Britain

Update: 2016-10-01

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In 350, Britain was a thoroughly integrated province of the Roman Empire, full of prosperous, Latin-speaking cities, luxurious villas, and all the other trappings of Roman life. By 500, the cities were gone, the economy had collapsed, and the island was split among an innumerable number of petty kingdoms. What happened? How did everything go so wrong?

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In Channel

1: Introduction

2016-08-0538:17

2: The Barbarian World

2016-08-1241:37

3: The Goths and the Beginning of Rome's End

2016-08-2742:27

4: The Gothic Sack of Rome

2016-09-0348:29

5: Just How Screwed Up Was the Later Roman Empire?

2016-09-1546:12

6: The Catastrophic Fall Of Roman Britain

2016-10-0149:56

7: The Three Transformations Of Roman Gaul

2016-10-2055:53

Special Episode: The End Of The Gladiators

2016-10-3020:35

8: The Vandals and the Fall of Roman Africa

2016-11-2350:47

9: Attila and the Empire of the Huns

2016-12-1356:41

10: The Late Roman Army, Barbarians, and the Frontier

2017-01-1357:24

11: The Roman Economy Before the Fall

2017-02-0344:23

12: The Fall of the Roman Economy

2017-02-1745:48

13: The Unraveling of the Roman World

2017-03-0247:32

14: The Calamitous Fifth Century - A Narrative History

2017-03-1643:42

15: The Death of the Roman Political System

2017-03-3045:22

16: The Kingdom of the Visigoths

2017-04-1344:19

17: Ostrogothic Kingdom or the Western Empire Reborn?

2017-04-2749:08

18: The Warlords of Northern Gaul and the Rise of the Franks

2017-05-1149:37

19: Why Didn't Rome Rise Again? An Interview with Professor Walter Scheidel

2017-05-1834:58

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6: The Catastrophic Fall Of Roman Britain