Douglas Boin

Douglas Boin is an American historian and professor at Saint Louis University who specialises in the history of late antiquity and the fall of the Roman Empire. He has been praised for bringing fresh perspectives to familiar historical periods through rigorous scholarship and accessible writing. Alaric the Goth tells the story of the Visigothic king who sacked Rome in 410 AD, challenging centuries of assumptions about the 'barbarians' who brought down the Roman Empire. Boin writes with scholarly authority and a gift for humanising historical figures who have been dismissed as mere destroyers. His audiobooks and books are compelling listening for anyone interested in Roman history, the migration period and the complex reality behind the fall of one of history's greatest civilisations.