The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireStrelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing, 6. nov. 2018 This huge and fundamental historical work covers the history of Western civilization from the beginning of the Roman Empire’s break, when the Nerva–Antonine dynasty came to power, till the end of the 16th century with the descriptions of Arab and Mongol conquests, so a period from 98 to 1590. The work contained six volumes. Volume I was published in 1776, volumes II and III were published in 1781, volumes IV, V, and VI in 1788–1789. Due to its comparative objectivity and extensive usage of primary sources, unusual for the time, the author’s methodology is considered to become an example for further historians, and Gibbon, thanks to this work, is called the first “contemporary historian of Ancient Rome”. |
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... Natural unity confined their narrative almost to chronological order, the episodes were of rare occurrence and ... Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.» We feel that the unity and ...
... nature of man, rather than from that of God. They meditated, however, on the Divine Nature, as a very curious and important speculation; and in the profound inquiry, they displayed the strength and weakness of the human understanding ...
... natural idiom of science; the latter, as the legal dialect of public transactions. Those who united letters with ... nature, the habits of education, and the possession of a dependent species of property, contributed to alleviate the ...
... nature or private property. Mountains were perforated, and bold arches thrown over the the middle part of the road was raised into a terrace which commanded the adjacent country, consisted of several strata of broadest and most rapid ...
... nature and decency, disdained that pomp and ceremony which might offend their countrymen, but could add nothing to their real power. In all the offices of life, they affected to confound themselves with their subjects, and maintained ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1840 |