History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - The Original Classic Edition

from heidip

I gave this book its 3 1/2 star rating simply because it is difficult to read. The language is antiquated, but the information is solid. Gibbon writes about all the various threads/ reasons why the Roman Empire fell. However, he doesn't tell why those reasons caused the decline. He doesn't fully ...

from stillatim

Hard to know where to begin with this. His much praised style? Sure, it's better than most historians, but it still bears the scars of the eighteenth century in general, and eighteenth century self-importance in particular. Yes, there's the odd ironic gotcha, but I got the distinct impression tha...

from Jakerslake

At the time of its publishing this grueling six volume history was one of the most widely received histories of its time; Gibbon's prose and structure was a great deal less dull than most texts written in the 17th and 18th centuries, with less prejudice and a lighter tone, . It was met with as mu...

from MarcusBastos

Examining a period of world (european) history (late antiquity throughout the middle ages) crucial to the understanding of western civilization, this book is a treasure. Edward Gibbon, drawing from various sources, most of them contemporary of the facts it exposes, traces the history of the Roman...