At the end of the fifth century, the Eastern Roman Empire of Constantinople was assailed by enemy armies on all sides and rapidly sliding into ruin.
Robert Bruton is an American author and a former CIA intelligence officer who was primarily assigned to Africa and the former Soviet Union. He has a BA in history from the University of St. Thomas and an MA in world history from Norwich University, where he did his thesis on the role of climate change in the decline of the Roman Empire. He lives near Washington, D.C. with his wife and children.
