Sidonius Apollinaris and the Fall of Rome, AD 407-485 PowerPoint outside-the-box strategies

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Sidonius Apollinaris and the Fall of Rome, AD 407-485 PowerPoint outside-the-box strategiesThe fifth century AD was a period of military turmoil and political upheaval in Western Europe. The career of the Gallo Roman senator and bishop, Sidonius Apollinaris (c. 430 c. 485), holder of government office under three Roman emperors and later bishop of Clermont Ferrand, vividly illustrates the processes which undermined Roman rule. A champion of Latin letters and Roman aristocratic values, Sidonius was also for most of his career an advocate of