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Death of a superpower marshall poe, university of iowa, 512009, new books network an empire of the mediterranean. Death of a superpower by adrian goldsworthy available from rakuten kobo. Goldsworthy, who received his doctorate at oxford, lectures widely and consults on historical documentaries produced by the history channel, national geographic, and the bbc. It was a period of remarkable personalities, from the philosopheremperor marcus aurelius to emperors like diocletian, who portrayed themselves as tough. See all 11 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Death of a superpower kindle edition by goldsworthy, adrian. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
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