The Decline and Fall of the Roman Emp..., Edward Gibbon
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Emp..., Edward Gibbon
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume VI

Author: Edward Gibbon

Narrator: David Timson

Unabridged: 28 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 09/29/2014


Synopsis

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has always maintained its initial appeal to both the general public and scholars alike. Its sheer scale is daunting, encompassing over a millennium of history, covering not merely the Western Empire from the days of the early emperors to its extinction in AD 476, but also the Eastern Empire, which lasted for another thousand years until the Turks vanquished it in 1453. But Gibbon’s style, part historical fact and part literature, is enticing, and the sheer honesty of the man, who endeavours to be scrupulously impartial in his presentation, endears him to the reader. In this recording, David Timson incorporates the most salient of Gibbon’s footnotes. In Volume VI (Chapters LVII−LXXI), Gibbon ends his masterful history by charting the rise of the Turkish nation and the birth of the Ottoman Empire, which becomes an unstoppable force as it eventually captures the remains of the Eastern Empire. Weakened under the continuing schism of the Greek and Latin Christians, the strategically important site of Constantinople becomes an easy target for Sultan Mohammed II − much to the consternation and apathy of the West.

About Edward Gibbon

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on May 28, 2017

Yesterday, I concluded the largest reading project I’ve tackled so far, with the completion of the 6th and final volume of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire! I began reading Gibbon’s masterpiece on September 22, 2016, and chose to listen to it as an Audible book, read by the wonderfully talen......more

Goodreads review by Richard on April 29, 2025

Book VI covers periods and incidences during the decline of Rome where hundreds of thousands of people were murdered over religious issues. the zeal of his flock was again exasperated by the same question, "Whether one of the Trinity had been crucified?"…Day and night they were incessantly busied......more

Goodreads review by Arnis on September 06, 2020

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Goodreads review by D a n n y on March 14, 2023

This sixth volume of Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Folio Society edition) begins in 641 CE and ends in the 12th century. “[T]he line of empire, which had been defined by the laws of Justinian and the arms of Belisarius, recedes on all sides from our view …......more

Goodreads review by Stifynsemons on January 31, 2024

3.412 stars, I liked it. And worth returning to, in a decade or two when I'm more historically literate The work of Gibbon's life is a valuable addition to one's background. It is an accessible text, and the narration was excellent (I was convinced the narrator was Ian McDiarmid, who played Emperor P......more