The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire Volume I /
In this 3 volume rearrangement of Edward Gibbon's The History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, this book contains the first 2 volumes of original 6 volume edition (Chapters I through XXVI). Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Penguin Books,
1995.
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| Series: | Penguin classics.
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| Summary: | In this 3 volume rearrangement of Edward Gibbon's The History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, this book contains the first 2 volumes of original 6 volume edition (Chapters I through XXVI). Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and the events that led to its disastrous collapse. Here, in volumes one and two, Gibbon charts the vast extent and constitution of the Empire from the reign of Augustus to 395 ad. And in a controversial critique, he examines the early Church, with fascinating accounts of the first Christian and last pagan emperors, Constantine and Julian. |
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| Item Description: | This includes Chapters I-XXVI. This edition is comprised of 3 volumes, and each volume contains two of the original 6 volumes. |
| Physical Description: | cxi, 1114 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0140433937 9780140433937 |
| Author Notes: | David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of Literature at the University of Oxford. Among his interests are Jonathan Swift (he was the general editor of the CUP edition of Swift), Daniel Defoe and Edward Gibbon, whose Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire he edited for Penguin Classics. |
