History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireGibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries. |
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They unanimously resolved to desert their Pannonian encampments, and boldly
to advance into the warm and wealthy neighborhood of the Byzantine court,
which already maintained in pride and luxury so many bands of confederate
Goths.
They unanimously resolved to desert their Pannonian encampments, and boldly
to advance into the warm and wealthy neighborhood of the Byzantine court,
which already maintained in pride and luxury so many bands of confederate
Goths.
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It had been the wish of Theodoric (such at least was his declaration) to lead a
peaceful, obscure, obedient life on the confines of Scythia, till the Byzantine court,
by splendid and fallacious promises, seduced him to attack a confederate tribe of
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It had been the wish of Theodoric (such at least was his declaration) to lead a
peaceful, obscure, obedient life on the confines of Scythia, till the Byzantine court,
by splendid and fallacious promises, seduced him to attack a confederate tribe of
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At length the accidental death of the son of Triarius destroyed the balance which
the Romans had been so anxious to preserve, the whole nation acknowledged
the supremacy of the Amali, and the Byzantine court subscribed an ignominious ...
At length the accidental death of the son of Triarius destroyed the balance which
the Romans had been so anxious to preserve, the whole nation acknowledged
the supremacy of the Amali, and the Byzantine court subscribed an ignominious ...
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The proposal of Theodoric was accepted, and perhaps had been suggested, by
the Byzantine court. But the forms of the commission, or grant, appear to have
been expressed with a prudent ambiguity, which might be explained by the event
; ...
The proposal of Theodoric was accepted, and perhaps had been suggested, by
the Byzantine court. But the forms of the commission, or grant, appear to have
been expressed with a prudent ambiguity, which might be explained by the event
; ...
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... the Barbarian amidst the declamation and learning of a sophist, the wishes of a
Roman senator, the precedents of office, and the vague professions, which, in
every court, and on every occasion, compose the language of discreet ministers.
... the Barbarian amidst the declamation and learning of a sophist, the wishes of a
Roman senator, the precedents of office, and the vague professions, which, in
every court, and on every occasion, compose the language of discreet ministers.
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| Forfatter | Edward Gibbon |
| Utgiver | Simon and Schuster, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1625584180, 9781625584182 |
| Lengde | 433 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |