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 three and four, Gibbon vividly recounts the waves of barbarian invaders under commanders such as Alaric and Attila, who overran and eventually destroyed the West. He then turns his gaze to events in the East, where even the achievements of the Byzantine emperor Justinian and the campaigns of the brilliant military leader Belisarius could not conceal the fundamental weaknesses of their empire.

First published between 1776 and 1778, this book is generally acknowledged to be the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing. Including Gibbon's footnotes and quotations, sixteen maps and a glossary.

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 three and four, Gibbon vividly recounts the waves of barbarian invaders under commanders such as Alaric and Attila, who overran and eventually destroyed the West. He then turns his gaze to events in the East, where even the achievements of the Byzantine emperor Justinian and the campaigns of the brilliant military leader Belisarius could not conceal the fundamental weaknesses of their empire.

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.

Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into an epic narrative shot through with insight, irony and incisive character analysis. Sceptical about Christianity, sympathetic to the barbarian invaders and the Byzantine Empire, constantly aware of how political leaders often achieve the exact opposite of what they intend, Gibbon was both alert to the broad pattern of events and significant revealing details.

Chronicles "the triumph of barbarism and religion" in the disruption of the unified empire, the rise of Christianity, and the progress of the Huns.

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Volumes 4, 5, and 6 of the Bury Text, in a boxed set. Introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper

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Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of the Bury Text, in a boxed set. Introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper

Profondamente nutrito della cultura e dello scetticismo del secolo dei lumi, Edward Gibbon ha creato, con "Declino e caduta dell'impero romano", un'opera ormai classica, la narrazione di alcuni degli eventi fondamentali della nostra civiltą visti dagli occhi di un inglese del Settecento. Da Marco Aurelio alle grandi invasioni barbariche, dai primi segni della decadenza alla finale caduta dell'Impero, il compendio in un solo volume che Dero A. Saunders ha tratto dalla vastissima opera storica del "Tacito inglese" offre ai lettori il racconto, sempre e soltanto nelle parole di Gibbon (con le brevi interruzioni di alcuni brani di raccordo dovuti allo stesso Saunders), di un periodo tra i pił affascinanti, drammatici e tumultuosi della storia romana.