History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

by Edward Gibbon

Overview

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (sometimes shortened to Fall of the Roman Empire) is a book of history written by the English historian Edward Gibbon. It traces the trajectory of Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163072767
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	07/04/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), an English historian and member of Parliament, had little formal education. He went to Oxford, but was forced to leave when he converted to Roman Catholicism. His family then sent him to Lausanne, where he was reconverted to Protestantism. His most important work, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.