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Authors: Edward Gibbon, David P. Womersley
ISBN-13: 9780140433944, ISBN-10: 0140433945
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: August 1996
Edition: Reprint

Author Biography: Edward Gibbon

Book Synopsis

"Its theme is the most overwhelming phenomenon in recorded history — the disintegration not of a nation, but of an old and rich and apparently indestructible civilization." —Moses Hadas, editor.

	Acknowledgments
	List of Maps and Illustrations
	Introduction
	Critical Foreword
	The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
	Preface of the Author	3
1	The Extent of the Empire in the Age of the Antonines	11
2	Of the Internal Prosperity of the Roman Empire in the Age of the Antonines	19
3	The Constitution in the Age of the Antonines	38
4	The Cruelty, Follies, and Murder of Commodus	58
5	Sale of the Empire to Didius Julianus	70
6	Death of Severus, Tyranny of Caracalla, Usurpation of Macrinus	83
7	Tyranny of Maximin, Rebellion, Civil Wars, Death of Maximin	104
8	State of Persia and Restoration of the Monarchy	125
9	State of Germany Until the Barbarians	133
10	Emperors Decius, Gallus, Aemilianus, Valerian, and Gallienus	143
11	Reign of Claudius, Defeat of the Goths	164
12	Reigns of Tacitus, Probus, Carus, and His Sons	179
13	Reign of Diocletian and His Three Associates	195
14	Six Emperors at the Same Time, Reunion of the Empire	213
15	Progress of the Christian Religion	237
16	Conduct Towards the Christians, from Nero to Constantine	276
17	Foundation of Constantinople	317
18	Character of Constantine and His Sons	344
19	Constantius Sole Emperor	359
20	Conversion of Constantine	376
21	Persecution of Heresy, State of the Church	401
22	Julian Declared Emperor	425
23	Reign of Julian	436
24	The Retreat and Death of Julian	454
25	Reigns of Jovian and Valentinian, Division of the Empire	466
26	Progress of the Huns	490
27	Civil Wars, Reign of Theodosius	509
28	Destruction of Paganism	522
29	Division of Roman Empire Between Sons of Theodosius	540
30	Revolt of the Goths	546
31	Invasion of Italy, Occupation of Territories by Barbarians	563
32	Emperors Arcadius, Eutropius, Theodosius II	578
33	Conquest of Africa by the Vandals	594
34	Attila	604
35	Invasion by Attila	610
36	Total Extinction of the Western Empire	620
37	Conversion of the Barbarians to Christianity	643
38	Reign of Clovis	659
39	Gothic Kingdom of Italy	691
40	Reign of Justinian	699
41	Conquests of Justinian, Character of Belisarius	725
42	State of the Barbaric World	736
43	Last Victory and Death of Belisarius, Death of Justinian	747
44	Idea of the Roman Jurisprudence	762
45	State of Italy Under the Lombards	788
46	Troubles in Persia	800
47	Ecclesiastical Discord	815
48	Succession and Characters of the Greek Emperors	855
49	Conquest of Italy by the Franks	869
50	Description of Arabia and Its Inhabitants	893
51	Conquests by the Arabs	944
52	More Conquests by the Arabs	961
53	Fate of the Eastern Empire	982
54	Origin and Doctrine of the Paulicians	1003
55	The Bulgarians, the Hungarians, and the Russians	1012
56	The Saracens, the Franks, and the Normans	1020
57	The Turks	1029
58	The First Crusade	1047
59	The Crusades	1075
60	The Fourth Crusade	1094
61	Partition of the Empire by the French and Venetians	1104
62	Greek Emperors of Nice and Constantinople	1108
63	Civil Wars and the Ruin of the Greek Empire	1123
64	Moguls, Ottoman Turks	1136
65	Timour or Tamerlane	1153
66	Union of the Greek and Latin Churches	1169
67	Schism of the Greeks and Latins	1187
68	Reign of Mohammed the Second, Extinction of Eastern Empire	1197
69	State of Rome from the Twelfth Century	1219
70	Final Settlement of the Ecclesiastical State	1232
71	Prospect of the Ruins of Rome in the Fifteenth Century	1243
	Table of Roman Emperors	1253
	A Note on the Illustrations	1259

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