The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Author: Gibbon, Edward

Ancient Rome

Published on 7 March 1996 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' series.

Paperback | 1232 pages
197 x 129 x 54 | 834g

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.