The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: 28 Selected ChaptersGibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length alone is a measure of its monumental quality: seventy-one chapters, of which twenty-eight appear in full in this edition.With style, learning and wit, Gibbon takes the reader through the history of Europe from the second century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 - an enthralling account by 'the greatest of the historians of the Enlightenment'. This edition includes Gibbon's footnotes and quotations, here translated for the first time, together with brief explanatory comments, a precis of the chapters not included, 16 maps, a glossary, and a list of emperors. |
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Contents
The Roman empire at its greatest extent in the time of Trajan AD c 100 | 5 |
The Roman empire under Diocletian AD c 300 | 207 |
The early growth of Christianity | 247 |
Julians campaign against the Persians AD 363 | 509 |
The Roman and Hun empires AD c 450 | 627 |
The Roman empire and the Barbarian kingdoms AD c 500 | 685 |
The growth of the Moslem empire AD 63256 | 783 |
The Moslem empire AD 750 | 857 |
The coming of the Seljuks AD c 9701070 | 867 |
Islam and Christianity on the eve of the Crusades | 897 |
The First and Second Crusades | 899 |
Results of the First Crusade AD c 1100 | 905 |
Results of the Third Crusade AD c 1190 | 967 |
Is The Ottoman empire before AD 1453 | 995 |
Constantinople | 999 |
The Byzantine empire AD c 1050 | 865 |
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