History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged 1776
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Gibbon's masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century a.d. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is widely considered the greatest work of history ever written.
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- Author
- Edward Gibbon
- First published
- 1776
- Pages
- 636
- Publisher
- Harper & Bros, Chatto & Windus, Harper and Brothers
- Editions
- 222
- Language
- Spanish, grc, English
- ISBN
- 9780679601494
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