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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His body was formed to all the exercises of war, his mind was expanded by the
habits of liberal conversation; he frequented the schools of the most skilful
masters; but he disdained or neglected the arts of Greece, and so ignorant did he
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His body was formed to all the exercises of war, his mind was expanded by the
habits of liberal conversation; he frequented the schools of the most skilful
masters; but he disdained or neglected the arts of Greece, and so ignorant did he
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A hero, descended from a race of kings, must have despised the base Isaurian
who was invested with the Roman purple, without any endowment of mind or
body, without any advantages of royal birth, or superior qualifications. After the
failure ...
A hero, descended from a race of kings, must have despised the base Isaurian
who was invested with the Roman purple, without any endowment of mind or
body, without any advantages of royal birth, or superior qualifications. After the
failure ...
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The sagacious mind of Theodoric soon perceived that he was odious to the
Romans, and suspected by the Barbarians: he understood the popular murmur,
that his subjects were exposed in their frozen huts to intolerable hardships, while
their ...
The sagacious mind of Theodoric soon perceived that he was odious to the
Romans, and suspected by the Barbarians: he understood the popular murmur,
that his subjects were exposed in their frozen huts to intolerable hardships, while
their ...
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... his justice and humanity, which was deeply impressed on the minds of the
Goths and Italians. The partition of the lands of Italy, of which Theodoric assigned
the third part to his soldiers, is honorably arraigned as the sole injustice of his life.
... his justice and humanity, which was deeply impressed on the minds of the
Goths and Italians. The partition of the lands of Italy, of which Theodoric assigned
the third part to his soldiers, is honorably arraigned as the sole injustice of his life.
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Satisfied with the private toleration of his Arian sectaries, he justly conceived
himself to be the guardian of the public worship, and his external reverence for a
superstition which he despised, may have nourished in his mind the salutary ...
Satisfied with the private toleration of his Arian sectaries, he justly conceived
himself to be the guardian of the public worship, and his external reverence for a
superstition which he despised, may have nourished in his mind the salutary ...
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Brukerevaluering - DarthDeverell - LibraryThingIn The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon argues that the loss of civic virtue amongst the Romans enabled barbarian invaders to succeed in their conquest. The book traces the period ... Les hele vurderingen
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Brukerevaluering - SteveJohnson - LibraryThingOne of Gibbons' major theses is that the rise of Christianity, with its emphasis on other-worldly concerns, was a major factor in the decline of the Roman empire. In his notes, Milman, a minister, attempts to counter these conclusions. Les hele vurderingen
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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 |