“There is the familiar figure of Orosius, defending the barbarians with the argument that when the Roman empire was founded it was… — Eileen Power Barbarians Copy Share Image
“Sidonius lives in a world already half barbarian, yet in the year before the Western Empire falls he is still dreaming of… — Eileen Power History Copy Share Image
“...it is plain that the proportion of celibates was high in the Roman empire and that the fall in the fertility of… — Eileen Power Copy Share Image
“In the first place the process of disintegration was a slow one, for the whole tempo of life was slow and what… — Eileen Power Dead people Copy Share Image
“This peaceful infiltration of barbarians which altered the whole character of the society which it invaded would have been impossible, of course,… — Eileen Power Barbarians Copy Share Image
