The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: (Abridged, annotated) by Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: (Abridged, annotated)

Edward Gibbon

402 pages • first pub 1788 (editions)

nonfiction history politics adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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According to Gibbon, the Roman Empire succumbed to barbarian invasions in large part due to the gradual loss of civic virtue among its citizens.He began an ongoing controversy about the role of Christianity, but he gave great weight to other cause...

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