Project Gutenberg 2008-06-07 Public domain in the USA. 5452 Gibbon, Edward 1737 1794 Milman, Henry Hart 1791 1868 Milman, H. H. (Henry Hart) Widger, David 1932 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire David Widger "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon is a historical account written in the late 18th century. This monumental work explores the decline of the Roman Empire, spanning over a thousand years, and examines the political, social, and military complexities that led to its downfall. Gibbon's sweeping narrative covers the era from the apex of the empire to the eventual disintegration and highlights the interplay of various historical forces. At the start of the book, Gibbon establishes the immense scope of his analysis by outlining the grandeur of the Roman Empire during the height of the Antonine period. He introduces the idea that the fall of this powerful civilization can be divided into three significant periods, beginning with the decline post-Trajan. Gibbon intends to present a detailed examination of the empire's internal and external challenges that culminated in its fall. The opening chapters promise a meticulous recounting of Roman history, focusing on the virtues and vices of its emperors and the barbarian incursions that ultimately reshaped Europe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/25717/25717-h/images/titlepage.jpg Reading ease score: 54.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 527 Indexes DG Text Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Category: History - European Category: History - Ancient 12489394 2025-06-10T14:04:42.762364 text/html 12859240 2023-09-27T15:44:40 text/html 16458413 2025-06-10T14:07:34.980520 application/epub+zip 16473864 2025-06-10T14:05:19.245263 application/epub+zip 4725810 2025-06-10T14:04:59.276291 application/epub+zip 14898968 2025-06-10T14:09:26.211487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 14550476 2025-06-10T14:07:06.989150 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7469800 2022-09-12T05:43:34.319098 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 10708492 2025-06-10T14:04:25.066423 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 10708280 2023-09-27T15:44:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19458 2025-06-10T14:09:26.647412 application/rdf+xml 11510 2025-06-10T14:05:00.640269 image/jpeg 2286 2025-06-10T14:04:59.930258 image/jpeg 20560068 2023-09-27T15:45:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 20620009 2025-06-10T14:04:43.819375 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia it.wikipedia