

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume IV
Author: Edward Gibbon
Narrator: David Timson
Unabridged: 24 hr 47 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 06/30/2014
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Roman History
Author: Edward Gibbon
Narrator: David Timson
Unabridged: 24 hr 47 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 06/30/2014
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Roman History
Edward Gibbon (1737–1794), an English historian and member of Parliament, had little formal education. He went to Oxford, but was forced to leave when he converted to Roman Catholicism. His family then sent him to Lausanne, where he was reconverted to Protestantism. His most important work, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.
Enough insight into how power and cultures still work to get you through the succession of characters you don’t care about, either.......more
My bucket list reading journey through 15 centuries of Roman history is well along now; 2/3 completed, to be precise. With this brief review I conclude Volume 4, with 2 more Volumes to follow. This project began last September 22nd and one of the many things I’ve learned is just how much small incre......more
Nihayet dördüncü cildin sonu. On sekizinci yüzyılda yazıldığını ihmal etmeden söylenmeli ki; Gibbon büyük bir alîm. Octavianus'dan Constantinus Palailogos'a, bu bin beş yüz yıllık macerada sanırım en ilham verici unsur; tarihin cesurdan yana olduğunun sağlamasını kavramak oldu.......more
Continuing the story after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Gibbon takes the opportunity to take the reader through the aftermath of fall of the western empire in Italy and the other regions of the western empire. Using the same powerfully descriptive style, Gibbon is able to give the reader a......more