Tragedy of Empire

The Tragedy of Empire: From Constantine to the Destruction of Roman Italy (History of the Ancient World Book 7) by Michael Kulikowski

The end of the Roman Empire was not super exciting. There were various battles and religious conflict. The Eastern and Western Empires had split off. There were plenty of attacks and mergers. (Germanic Francs attacked Rome and then gave their name to a Romance language.) The narrative of this book leans to the academic side and is not super engaging. It does not help that the characters are some of the less-well known. Justinian built the Hagia Sophia and helped provide the influences for the future Islamic and Medieval Christian worlds.