The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics)

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics)

David P. Womersley · 1996 · 795 pages

Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement.
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