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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Entity ID:

history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire-(gibbon)

Long Name:

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Short Name:

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Disambiguation String:

history of the Roman Empire

Entity Type:

work

Entity Subtype:

book

Summary:

This book is considered one of the reigning histories of the Roman Empire, and its author, Edward Gibbon, was awarded much praise for his rare insistence on first-hand accounts and his eloquence and irony in prose. Winston Churchill noted that when he set out to read Gibbon’s multi-volume work, he simply “devoured” it, and “rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all” (Churchill, My Early Life, 111). Gibbon worked tirelessly to produce this comprehensive history of one of the greatest empires of the world. He wrote in an unbiased and wholly objective manner by examining only primary sources, causing himself to be named one of the first modern historians. These volumes contain a rich abundance of fact and story, and prove to be a delightful, if weighty, read for the amateur and professorial historian alike.

Laura de Jong
CCEL Staff Writer

Viaf ID:

182253371

Is An Individual:

No

Is Published:

Yes

Original Language:

eng

LCCN:

DG311.G54

CCEL URL:

//ccel.org/ccel/gibbon/decline.html

Original Language Title:

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

LC Subjects:

All; History;

Creators:

Creator: Edward Gibbon, Relator: aut, Creator ID: 12934