The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Title: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Author: Edward Gibbon
Release: 2010-10-10
Kind: ebook
Genre: Ancient History, Books, History
Size: 4081511
With notes by the Rev. H. H. Milman

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was written by English historian Edward Gibbon and published in six volumes. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings. Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The original volumes were published in quarto sections, a common publishing practice of the time. It stands as a major literary achievement of the 18th century because it was adopted as a model for the methodologies of modern historians. This led to Gibbon being called the first modern historian of Ancient Rome. 

— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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