History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
| dc.contributor | Triggs, Jeffery North American Reading Project, Oxford University Press |
| dc.contributor.author | Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 |
| dc.coverage.placeName | s.l. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-14 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T10:04:51Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T10:04:51Z |
| dc.date.created | 1788 |
| dc.date.issued | 1997-01-21 |
| dc.identifier | ota:3169 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/3169 |
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| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Core Collection |
| dc.relation.replaces | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/2166 |
| dc.rights | Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ |
| dc.rights.label | PUB |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Rome -- Politics and government -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D. |
| dc.title | History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire |
| dc.type | Text |
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| identifier.ee | Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 http://dx.doi.org/10.13051/ee:bio/gibboedwar001727 |
| identifier.lccn | Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80005416 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1700-1799 |
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History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, Volume I. by Edward Gibbon Introduction Preface By The Editor. The great work of Gibbon is indispensable to the student of history. The literature of Europe offers no substitute for “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” It has obtained undisputed possession, as rightful occupant, of the vast period which it comprehends. However some subjects, which it embraces, may have undergone more complete investigation, on the general view of the whole period, this history is the sole undisputed authority to which all defer, and from which few appeal to the original writers, or to more modern compilers. The inherent interest of the subject, the inexhaustible labor employed upon it; the immense condensation of matter; the luminous arrangement; the general accuracy; the style, which, however monotonous from its uniform stateliness, and sometimes wearisome from its elaborate ar., is throughout vigorous, animated, often picturesque always comm . . .
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