ON THE SPOT MICHELE RENEE SALZMAN.

The article presents an interview with Michele Renee Salzman about her passion for studying Late Antiquity and her reflections on historical interpretation, influential scholarship, and legacy of the Fall of the Western Roman Empire. Topics include her interest in the transition from paganism to Christianity under Constantine the Great, her views on misunderstood historical figures such as Attila the Hun and Domitian, and the importance of contingency, and modern approaches to Roman history.