The Decline and Fall Of the Roman Empire

by Gibbon, Edward

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.

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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vol 1: The History of the Empire from 180 A.D. to 395 A.D.Vol 2: The History of the Empire from 395 A.D. to 1185 A.D.Vol 3: The History of the Empire from 1185 A.D. to the Fall of Constantantine in 1453
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vol 1: The History of the Empire from 180 A.D. to 395 A.D.Vol 2: The History of the Empire from 395 A.D. to 1185 A.D.Vol 3: The History of the Empire from 1185 A.D. to the Fall of Constantantine in 1453

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679 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in tight and bright covers. From the back cover, " 'The greatest, perhaps, and most awful scene in the history of mankind.' So Gibbon summed up the centuries of Rome's decline...the Empire's troubles were many and multiplying, and the worst of them came from within..."
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The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire: (Volume  III, Three (3) The History of the Empire from A.D. 11185to A.D. The Fall Of Constantine in 1453)

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