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DECLINE & FALL ROMAN EMPIRE by GIBBON,EDWARD
$59.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Collector's Library Editions
"The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" is English historical writing at its best. First published in six quarto volumes between 1776 and 1788, it stands alone and unchallenged in its comprehensiveness, richness and depth. In its entirety, the text spans 71 chapters covering the history of Europe fro ...Show more
The Christians & the Fall of Rome by Edward Gibbon
$9.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
Gibbon's subversive and iconoclastic description of the rise of Christianity inspired outrage upon publication and remains one of the most eloquent and damning indictments of the delusory nature of faith.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Famously sceptical about Christianity, unexpectedly sympathetic to the barbarian invaders and the Byzantine Empire, constantly aware of how political leaders often achieve the exact opposite of what they intend, Gibbon was both alert to the broad pattern of events and the significant revealing detail. A ...Show more
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
$35.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and the eve ...Show more
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