TY - BOOK N2 - The author discusses how the Roman Empire--an empire without a serious rival--rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the wider good of the state. AB - The author discusses how the Roman Empire--an empire without a serious rival--rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the wider good of the state. T1 - How Rome fell :death of a superpower / DA - 2009. CY - New Haven [Conn.] : AU - Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith. CN - DG311 CN - DG311 PB - Yale University Press, PP - New Haven [Conn.] : PY - 2009. N1 - Also published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2009, with title: The fall of the west : the slow death of the Roman superpower. ID - 332513 SN - 9780300137194 (alk. paper) SN - 0300137192 (alk. paper) TI - How Rome fell :death of a superpower / ER -