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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

by Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794

BookID: 25717

Language:English

Commentator:Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868

Editor:Widger, David, 1932-2021?

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 54.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 527Indexes

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"The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon is a six-volume historical work published between 1776 and 1788. This monumental chronicle spans from 98 to 1590, tracing the Roman Empire's peak through its collapse, early Christianity's rise as state religion, the fall of Byzantium, and the ascent of figures like Genghis Khan. Gibbon controversially argued that Christianity contributed to Rome's decline by weakening civic virtue, sparking debates that continue today about the true causes of empire's end. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta

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