Bryan Ward-Perkins

Bryan Ward-Perkins’s Followers (40)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Bryan Ward-Perkins


Born
Rome, Italy
Genre


Bryan Ward-Perkins is an archaeologist and historian of the later Roman Empire and early Middle Ages, with a particular focus on the transitional period between those two eras, an historical sub-field also known as Late Antiquity. Ward-Perkins is a fellow and tutor in history at Trinity College, Oxford. The son of historian John Bryan Ward-Perkins, he was born and raised in Rome and spoke Italian from childhood.

Average rating: 4.0 · 1,956 ratings · 196 reviews · 12 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Fall of Rome and the En...

4.01 avg rating — 1,936 ratings — published 2005 — 22 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Pompeii A.D. 79: Essay and ...

by
3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1978 — 7 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Italians: History, Art ...

by
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1983 — 10 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Last Statues of Antiquity

by
4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
From Classical Antiquity to...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Italy and the East Roman Wo...

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Economy and Exchange in the...

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Fall of Rome Publisher:...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
Caderea Romei si sfarsitul ...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
Die Mittelalterlichen Grabp...

by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Bryan Ward-Perkins…
Quotes by Bryan Ward-Perkins  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“In my opinion, the key internal element in Rome’s success or failure was the economic well-being of its taxpayers. This was because the empire relied for its security on a professional army, which in turn relied on adequate funding.”
Bryan Ward-Perkins, The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization

“A hung jury, however, suggests that any decline was not overwhelming; and, in common with most historians, I believe the empire was still very powerful at the end of the fourth century. Unfortunately, a series of disasters was soon to change things.”
Bryan Ward-Perkins, The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization

“The almost total disappearance of coinage from daily use in the post-Roman West is further powerful evidence of a remarkable change in levels of economic sophistication.”
Bryan Ward-Perkins, The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
100+ Books in 2024: LH's 100+ Books in 2012 81 109 Jan 01, 2013 09:13PM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD 4093 364 Nov 30, 2018 09:27PM  
Hoyt's Huns: This topic has been closed to new comments. July 2021 -- history 5 5 Jun 23, 2021 05:40PM  
The History Book ...: * THE VARIOUS EPOCHS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 59 540 Aug 02, 2023 06:08PM  
Catching up on Cl...: What Book(s) have you just Bought, Ordered or Taken Delivery Of? 2341 1261 Aug 19, 2024 11:58AM  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Bryan to Goodreads.