Summary of William Manchester's A World Lit Only by Fire

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The Dark Ages, which lasted from around 400 to 1000 AD, were marked by a lack of intellectual life in Europe, as well as constant warfare and lawlessness. #2 The Roman Empire was already in a state of collapse by 400, when the Visigoth Alaric led forty thousand Goths, Huns, and freed Roman slaves across the Julian Alps. In 410, his triumphant warriors swept down to Rome itself, and they entered it on August 24