La fin de l’Empire romain d’Occident: Rome et les Wisigoths de 382–551 by Christine Delaplace (2015; ISBN 978-2753542952) PhD-Level Political Social Economic Cultural Military – This is fundamentally the best work on the development of the kingdom of the Visigoths, utilizing the most modern research on ethnogenesis, and covering the complex dynamics of the sociopolitical relationship between the Roman empire and this group of peoples. The Goths by Peter Heather (1998; ISBN 978-0631209324) Advanced Political Social Economic Cultural Military – Peter Heather’s work remains the best single overview of the Gothic peoples as a whole, as he discusses their possible origins, and the diversity of Gothic groups beyond the “Visigoths” and “Ostrogoths” in his overview of their history. Heather’s work is a great introduction to the origins of the Ostrogoths in particular. The Huns, Rome, and the Birth of Europe by Hyun Jin Kim (2013; 978-1107009066) PhD-Level Political Social Military – Hyun Jin Kim’s work is the foremost and most modern work on the Hunnic people, incorporating the latest theories and going in depth into reforming our view of their society and their effect on the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. However, it should be noted that some of Kim’s hypothesis are not widely accepted, but it is still absolutely worth the read. The Britons by Christopher Snyder (2004; ISBN 978-0631222606) Advanced Political Social Military The Alamanni and Rome, 213-496 by John Drinkwater (2007; ISBN 978-0199295685) PhD-Level Political Social Military