Concepts to Study the Roman Empire History of Western Historians
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This article dedicates to study the concepts of western historians who study the Roman Empire history. The Historians separate into two groups. First of all, the fall and decline concept, historians in this group believe that the Roman Empire was collapsed. Still, they disagree about the causes of the Empire's fall. And another group believes that the Roman Empire did not collapse, but it transformed and continued. This article considers the argument by using historiography analysis. The result reflects the relation between the context of historians, especially academic trends, and the historians' concepts about the "Empire" that influence an explanation of the Roman Empire history.
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