History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 by Edward Gibbon

"History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3" by Edward Gibbon is a historical work published in 1781. This volume continues Gibbon's monumental examination of Rome's collapse, tracing the empire from its zenith through early Christianity's rise, the Western Empire's fall, and beyond. Written with detached yet critical prose, Gibbon explores how civic virtue eroded and barbarian invasions succeeded. His controversial thesis about Christianity's role sparked immediate debate, while his Enlightenment perspective dismissed the Middle Ages as a superstitious Dark Age awaiting reason's return. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
Commentator Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868
Title History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire
Credits David Reed and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 53.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta
Subject Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Subject Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 527
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EBook-No. 733
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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