|
Northwest Missouri State University - WINTER 2011 | ||
Section 01 | ||
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics) (Abridged Edition) by Edward Gibbon, David P. Womersley (Editor) Paperback, 795 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-14-043764-9 / 0140437649 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-043764-5 / 9780140437645 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 |