The decline and fall of the Roman Empire / by Edward Gibbon
- Bib ID:
- 8066733
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794, author
- Description:
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- New York : Modern Library, [1932?]
- 3 volumes (liii, 2537 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Series:
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- Modern library of the world's best books.
- Hallstrom Pacific Collection.
- Summary:
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Discusses the Roman Empire's rise to greatness as well as its eventual decline and fall brought about by increasingly dramatic military, economic, and social changes.
Traces Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium.
- Full contents:
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- volume 1. 180 A.D.-395 A.D
- volume 2. 395 A.D.-1185 A.D
- volume 3. 1185 A.D.-1453 A.D.
- Notes:
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- Originally published 1776-88 under title: The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
- Includes bibliographical references (volume 3, pages 881-884) and indexes.
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1801
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1794
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1932
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