Peter Heather, The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

Author describes one monarch’s impressive table but conveys a contemporary’s observation, “the weightiest thing at dinner was the conversation”.

Peter Heather, The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

Author describes one monarch’s impressive table but conveys a contemporary’s observation, “the weightiest thing at dinner was the conversation”.

Peter Heather, The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

Author describes one monarch’s impressive table but conveys a contemporary’s observation, “the weightiest thing at dinner was the conversation”.