The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by Edward Gibbon
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“Haven't posted any books read in a while, this is because I've been reading the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon. I've wanted to read this for a few years now and loved it, would strongly recommend for the few odd people who read about Rome and have noticed”
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in About Italy, History, and Books Recommended by Elon Musk.
Instead of inquiring why the Roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long'Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into an epic narrative shot through with insight, irony and incisive character analysis. Sceptical about Christianity, sympathetic to the b...
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in About Italy, History, and Books Recommended by Elon Musk.
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“Haven't posted any books read in a while, this is because I've been reading the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon. I've wanted to read this for a few years now and loved it, would strongly recommend for the few odd people who read about Rome and have noticed”
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