The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
This is an abridged edition of Gibbon's classic. Concentrating on the centuries from the age of the Antonines to the fall of the empire in the West, this volume chronicles "the triumph of barbarism and religion" in the disruption of the unified empire, the rise of Christianity, the progress of...
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This is an abridged edition of Gibbon's classic. Concentrating on the centuries from the age of the Antonines to the fall of the empire in the West, this volume chronicles "the triumph of barbarism and religion" in the disruption of the unified empire, the rise of Christianity, the progress of the Huns from China and the revolt of the Goths.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140431896 (0140431896)
Publish date: June 30th 1983
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 704
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Politics,
Roman,
Ancient,
World History,
18th Century
The second volume of Modern Library’s three-volume reprint of Edward Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire covers chapters 27 through 48 of the author’s vast magnum opus. Beginning with the reign of Gratian and ending with the reconquests of Heraclius in 628 A.D., Gibbons relates in det...
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