Peter Heather\'s "Fall of the Roman Empire"

[markusaurelius]

Good points Robert, I was more referring to Theodoric than the other rulers. Justinian also certainly did not win a swift victory in Italy, which devastated the cities there, for a place that really was not "barbarian" as people imagine. The end results certainly were not favorable either. Clearly not being able to hold the peace so that Italy could rebuild was a failure. Perhaps a swifter win in Italy initially could have left some money and resources to properly defend what had been won.