"Romajin-no Monogatari (XV)" by SHIONO Nanami

This fifteenth and the final book of the "Roma-jin no Monogatari" series contains the history of the Roman Empire after the Emperor Theodosius. The Empire was divided into two - western and eastern, and the Western Roman Empire was vanished in 476. The Eastern Roman Empire lasted until 1453. However, Ms. Shiono thinks the destroy of the Western Empire was the end of the Roman Empire, because Rome was ruled by other people.

The 1st part: The last Roman (395-410)
The 2nd part: The destroy of the Roman Empire (410-476)
The 3rd part: After the Empire (476-)

At last the last book was finished reading! It took about 5 months to read this series. Of course this contains the history of the ancient Rome. However, this also seems to reveal the fundamental thinking and actions of the people which does not depend on the historical background.

(Finished reading on Mar.1, 2008)


The more detailed Japanese version of this article is here!

*** Ref. ***
"Romajin-no Monogatari" series:
No.1
No.2
No.3
No.4
No.5
No.6
No.7
No.8
No.9
No.10
No.11
No.12
No.13
No.14
No.15(this page!)

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* SHIONO Nanami : 塩野七生
* Roma-jin no Monogatari : ローマ人の物語
* Roma Sekai-no Syuuen : ローマ世界の終焉