Michael Grant for Routledge The Roman Empire in the Third Century AD tipped into anarchy and then re-emerged in an authoritarian state under Diocletian. How did it achieve this turn-around? Well you will not find out from reading this thin book (in every sense). I am not sure why Grant put it together or whether he was well when he did it. It essentially consists of bits from other books strung together with a few comments and the ultimate admission that no one knows why. Save your money and do not buy this. More Old Duffer's Book Corner (book reviews) Exercise of Arms: Warfare in the Netherlands 1568-1648 The Anglo-Scots Wars 1513-1550 Seapower and Naval Warfare 1650-1830 The Making of A World Power The Punic Wars The Roman Army At War 100BC – AD200 The Collapse and Recovery of the Roman Empire The Victory of Seapower: Winning the Napoleonic War 1806-1814 Vittoria 1813 The Battle of Koniggratz 1866 and The History of K.u.K Infantry Regiment Graf Khevenhuller-Metsch Nr 35 Patton The Navy At War 1939-1945 Medieval Warfare From Louis XIV to Napoleon: The Fall of A Great Power The Army of Francis Joseph Back to Perfidious Albion #100 Table of Contents Back to Perfidious Albion List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Charles and Teresa Vasey. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com