History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol 2
Kindle Edition
Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · January 18, 2013
Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject.
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- Who it’s for
- Gibbon’s account invites you to weigh a grand explanation against a narrow documentary record.
- Genres
- Ancient Rome, Byzantine History, Historiography
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, January 18, 2013
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Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries.
Reading the Record
Gibbon’s account invites you to weigh a grand explanation against a narrow documentary record.
Come here for
- A classic attempt to explain Rome’s fall
- History shaped by a handful of surviving records
Expect
- Roman moralists’ fourth- and fifth-century writings inform many of his ideas
- A historian’s argument, not an untouched window onto Rome
Where it sits
| Ancient Rome | 99% |
|---|---|
| Byzantine History | 40% |
| Historiography | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Authors
- Edward Gibbon
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- January 18, 2013
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Ancient Greece