Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries.
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC (January 23, 2013)
Format: EPUB
Page count: 374 pages
File size: 491 KB
Protection: DRM
Language: English