Pt. I. Romans and barbarians in the imperial world
1. How the west was lost and where it got us
3. late Roman Empire in the west
4. Society beyond the frontier
5. Romans and barbarians before 376
Pt. II. world renegotiated: Western Europe, 376-550
6. Gothic crisis, 376-382
7. crisis of the Empire, 382-410
8. triumph of the generals, 410-455
9. parting of Gaul and Italy, 455-480
10. Kingdoms of the Empire, 476-550
11. Provincial society in the long fifth century
12. Beyond the old frontier
Pt. III. Romans and barbarians in a post-imperial world
13. Mechanisms of migration and settlement
14. New peoples, new identities, new kingdoms?
15. changed world: the roots of failure
App. Gildas' narrative and the identity of the 'proud tyrant'.̃
