The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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...
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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 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
Publish date: January 1st 2001
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 848
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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According to The Guardian, the book discusses how "moral decay made downfall inevitable"