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| | Ancient & Medieval History Book Club: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | Through a fast-paced narrative, this major account considers the Empire’s final 100 years and examines the key battles that led to the downfall of Rome. |
 | | In AD 357 the Romans still appeared invincible, routing 30,000 Alamanii at the battle of Strasbourg. |
 | | However, within a generation, this might was shaken to the core, and Roman armies, as one contemporary put it, ‘vanished like shadows’. |
| www.see.ancienthistory.co.uk /mag.asp?order_code=30 (184 words) |
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