San Basilio de Palenque: memoria y tradición

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

En el amanecer del siglo V, Roma se tambalea al borde del abismo. El gran Imperio que otrora dominara el mundo occidental se muestra vulnerable a sus antiguos enemigos; las tribus bárbaras de vándalos y visigodos que presienten que su tiempo ha llegado. Sin embargo, son peores los rumores de un nuevo poder que surge en el Este. Una nación de feroces guerreros a caballo, los hunos, aterroriza la frontera. El joven Atila, nieto del rey de este pueblo, vive como rehén en el palacio imperial de Roma para que su abuelo se mantenga fiel a su alianza con el emperador romano. Su único sueño es...

Los estudios de los últimos decenio han venido a corregir la imagen de los siglos posteriores al final del Imperio romano como tiempos oscuros y han desechado la percepción de este periodo en clave de retroceso y primitivismo.