Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Herausgeber: Womersley, David

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, this title provides a selection and bridging commentary that enables the reader to acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the author's work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 848
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 132mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780140437645
• ISBN-10: 0140437649
• Artikelnr.: 21404427

Autorenporträt

Edward Gibbon

Inhaltsangabe

Abridged with a New Introduction and Notes by David Womersley
Abbreviations
Introduction
Selected Further Reading
A Note on the Text
Chronology
Gibbon's Prefaces
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
[Chapters IV-VI]
Chapter VII
[Chapters VIII-XIV]
Chapter XV
[Chapters XVI-XXI]
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
[Chapters XXV-XXVII]
Chapter XXVIII
[Chapters XXIX-XXXIII]
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter XXXV
[Chapters XXXVI-XXXVIII]
General Observations on the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West
[Chapter XXXIX]
Chapter XL
Chapter XLI
[Chapters XLII-XLIX]
Chapter L
[Chapters LI-LIII]
Chapter LIV
[Chapters LV-LXVII]
Chapter LXVIII
[Chapters LXIX-LXX]
Chapter LXXI
Biographica