Late and Post Roman.

For a long time, the Late Roman period was dismissed as nothing more than a footnote by `traditional' Classicists. To many Marcus Aurelius was the last true great Roman Emperor, with Diocletian considered a highlight in a decadent and decaying Empire. However, primary sources for life in various parts of the Empire in the late period are more common than many people think. Evidence for life in Britain at the time is naturally sparser - as it is for any period of the Roman age.

However, the following publications (both primary and other sources give an insight into the final years of the Western Empire):

Ammianus Marcellinus, The Later Roman Empire (354-378AD), trans. Hamilton, W. Penguin Classics, 1986.

Gildas, The Ruin of Britain and other documents. Winterbottom, M., Phillmore and Co., 2002.

Gregory of Tours, The History of the Franks, trans. Thorpe, L. Penguin Classics, 1974.

Vegetius, Epitome of Military Science, tran. by Milner, N. P., Liverpool University Press 1993.

Heinrich Härke: "Early Saxon weapon burials: frequencies, distributions and weapon combinations" in S.C. Hawkes (ed.) "Weapons and warfare in Anglo-Saxon England". Oxford University Committee for Archaeology, Monograph 21, 1990.

Maurice, Maurice's Strategikon: Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy, trans. Dennis, G. T., University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984.

Gladiatorial.

Bombgardner, D.L., The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre, Routledge, 2000.

Shadrake, S., The World of the Gladiator, Tempus, 2005.