Book
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Published
- 1776
- Genre
- History
- Pages
- 1312
- Words
- 484303
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19400.The_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Lexile
- 1230L
The books cover the Roman Empire after Marcus Aurelius, from 180 to 1590. They take as their material the behavior & decisions that led to the eventual fall of the Empire in East & West, offering explanations. Gibbon is called the 1st modern historian of ancient Rome. By virtue of its mostly objective approach & accurate use of reference material, his work was adopted as a model for the methodologies of 19-20th century historians. His pessimism & detached irony was common to the historical genre of his era.
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Tags
Ancient RomeClassicsHistoryRoman EmpireThomas Jefferson Education Adult