The decline and fall of the Roman empire / Edward Gibbon ; edited and abridged with an introduction and appreciation by Hugh Trevor-Roper.
This abridged edition of Edward Gibbon's 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' compresses 13 turbulent centuries into a single epic narrative.
Record details
- ISBN: 0753818817 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780753818817 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: ix, 679 p. : ill., ports ; 20 cm.
- Edition: Abridged ed.
- Publisher: London : Phoenix, 2005.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: 1970. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | I The Empire of the Antonines 1 -- II The House of Severus 40 -- III Aurelian and the Restoration of the Empire 68 -- IV Diocletian 104 -- V The Progress of Christianity in the Pagan Empire 123 -- VI Church and State in the Roman Empire: the Persecution of Diocletian 188 -- VII The Rise of Monasticism 213 -- VIII The Foundation of Constantinople 230 -- IX Julian the Apostate and the Pagan Reaction 247 -- X Theodosius the Great and the Final Destruction of Paganism 268 -- XI Theology and Faction in the Eastern Empire 293 -- XII The End of the Western Empire 325 -- XIII The Gothic Kingdom of Italy 336 -- XIV Justinian 353 -- XV The Lombard Invasions and Pope Gregory the Great 395 -- XVI Heraclius 411 -- XVII The New Byzantine Empire 436 -- XVIII Mohammed 443 -- XIX The Arab Attack on Europe 487 -- XX The Iconoclastic Movement 504 -- XXI Byzantine Enlightenment, Roman Darkness 524 -- XXII The Crusades 534 -- XXIII The Mongol Invasions and the Rise of the Ottoman Turks 571 -- XXIV The Fall of Constantinople 591 -- XXV Medieval Rome 626. |
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Subject: | Byzantine Empire > History. Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | DG 311 .G53 2005 | 30775305459159 | General Collection | Available | - |