Fall of the Roman Empire historiography

by SimulatedJohn

Hello all, I'm currently writing a historiography paper on the Fall of the Roman Empire. I'm starting my sources list with Gibbons work, but am finding my university library has a surprisingly limited number of works on the topic. What are some must-have sources that I should include in the paper?

Casiphoner

This is my very first answer here so I hope it is good.

As a good starting point, the AskHistorians booklist has some great books to help you out. The Roman Revolution and The World of Late Antiquity are important older books so they are great to include in your paper. The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization and How Rome Fell are good newer books.

In addition, here are some other books I got from the bibliography from Ward-Perkins's book, which I just started reading:

  • History of the Later Roman Empire by J.B. Bury (1923)
  • The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity by Avril Cameron (1993)
  • The Ending of Roman Britain by Cleary Edmond (1989)
  • Barbarians and Romans by W. Goffart (1980)
  • The Later Roman Empire by A.H.M Jones (1964)

Hope this helps.

EDIT: Some additional books I found:

  • Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West (2008) by Guy Guy Halsall
  • Cambridge Ancient History Vol. 13 and Vol. 14 2nd Edition (1998, 2000)
  • Late Roman Warlords by P. MacGeorge (2002)
  • The World of the Huns by O.J. Maenchen-Helfen (1973)
  • Sidonius Appolinaris and the Fall of Rome by H. Harries (1994)
  • JSTOR

EDIT 2: In addition, primary sources can come in handy. Ammianus Marcellinus, Hydatius, among others, are good.

SimulatedJohn

Excellent compilation. Thanks, time to get reading.