Histoire du déclin et de la chute de l'empire romain 1: 96-582
by:
Edward Gibbon (author)
ISBN:
9782221012529 (2221012526)
Publish date: December 1st 1983
Publisher: Laffont
Pages no: 270
Edition language: French
The first volume of Modern Library’s three-volume reprint of Edward Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire covers the first 26 chapters of the author’s epic historical work. Beginning with the death of Domitian and ending with Theodosius I’s treaty with the Goths and early reign, Gibbon...
A linear detailed presentation of a bunch of Roman Emperors and wannabe emperors after the reign of Marcus Aurelius for which you most likely have never heard of. There's no doubt Gibbon writes better than almost anyone ("all the German men were brave, and their women were chaste, and notwithstandin...