It is the first in-depth profile of Rome's transformation over a millenium to appear in any language in over forty years.
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Introduction; 1. The eternal city on the brink: Rome in 400 AD; 2. 401-552: from imperial metropolis to provincial town; 3. 552-705: Byzantine Rome; 4. 705-882: a papal 'republic of the Romans'; 5. 882-1046: the long twilight of the early middle ages; 6. 1046-1230: church reformed, senate reborn, Rome renascent; 7. 1230-1420: Barons, babylonian captivity, and black death. The apogee and agony of late medieval Rome.
