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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon, David P. Womersley
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, "Decline & Fall" is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the reader to acquire a general sense of the progress... show more
Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, "Decline & Fall" is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the reader to acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780140437645 (0140437649)
ASIN: 140437649
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 848
Edition language: English
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5.0 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Modern Library Volume 2 of 3)
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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4.0 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
***PLEASE DO NOT REBLOG*** bookshelves: spring-2015, film-only, fraudio, ancient-history, tbr-busting-2015 Read from April 06, 2013 to March 17, 2015 Description: Edward Gibbon’s masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A.D. to its collapse in the we...
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According to The Guardian, the book discusses how "moral decay made downfall inevitable"
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