The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volume 1

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Penguin, 1 серп. 1996 р. - 1232 стор.
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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Abbreviations
ix
CHAP
xvii
Preface I
5
The Extent and Military Force of the View of the Provinces of the Roman
48
The Legions under the Emperors 41 of the Roman Empire in the Age
56
Foundation of Constantinople
445
Political System of Constantine
585
or 334 Dedication
601
Character of Constantine Gothic
643
Selected Variant Readings
1084
Volume the Second
1114
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Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), English historian. It was on a visit to Rome that he conceived the idea of his magnificent and panoramic history The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (6 vol., 1776-88) which won immediate acclaim, despite some harsh criticism. Gibbon himself was assured of the greatness of his work, which is, indeed, one of the most-read historical works of modern times.

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