![]() ![]() This led to Gibbon being called the first "modern historian of ancient Rome". Because of its relative objectivity and heavy use of primary sources, unusual at the time, its methodology became a model for later historians. The work covers the history of the Roman Empire, Europe, and the Catholic Church from 98 to 1590 and discusses the decline of the Roman Empire in the East and West. The original volumes were published in quarto sections, a common publishing practice of the time. Spanning a period of nearly 1500 years, this monumental work of history tracks the orbit of one of the greatest Empires of all time. 'The great English historian that wrote the superb work of genius: ‘The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire'. ![]() Volumes II and III were published in 1781 volumes IV, V, and VI in 1788–89. Original post by Celtic Mathemagician (Telegram) Happy birthday Edward Gibbon. ![]() Volume I was published in 1776 and went through six printings. ![]() The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (sometimes shortened to Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) is a book of history written by the English historian Edward Gibbon, which traces the trajectory of Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium. ![]()
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