DECLINE & FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE VOLUME 1

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was written by an English historian who was inspired to write it when he undertook the Grand Tour and visited Rome as a young man in 1762. The book eventually took more than 20 years to complete and was received with both bouquets and brickbats. The Church banned it quite a few times as it was considered to have blasphemous passages about the Church. Edward Gibbon was attacked by many devout Christians as a “paganist.”

The work covers the history, from 98 to 1590, of the Roman Empire, the history of early Christianity and then of the Roman State Church, and the history of Europe, and discusses the decline of the Roman Empire in the East and West. Because of its heavy use of primary sources, unusual at the time, its methodology became a model for later historians. This led to Gibbon's being called the first "modern historian of ancient Rome".

Gibbon offers an explanation for the fall of the Roman Empire, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to attempt it.

According to Gibbon, the Roman Empire succumbed to barbarian invasions in large part due to the gradual loss of civic virtue among its citizens.[9]

He began an ongoing controversy about the role of Christianity, but he gave great weight to other causes of internal decline and to attacks from outside the Empire.

Contents of this Fall of the Roman Empire app include:
♠ Introduction
♠ Preface Of The Author.
♠ Preface To The First Volume.
♠ Chapter I: The Extend Of The Empire In The Age Of The Anoninies. Part I. - III.
♠ Chapter II: The Internal Prosperity In The Age Of The Antonines. Part I. - IV.
♠ Chapter III: The Constitution In The Age Of The Antonines. Part I. - II.
♠ Chapter IV: The Cruelty, Follies And Murder Of Commodus. Part I. - II.
♠ Chapter V: Sale Of The Empire To Didius Julianus. Part I. - II.
♠ Chapter VI: Death Of Severus, Tyranny Of Caracalla, Usurpation Of Marcinus. Part I.- IV.
♠ Chapter VII: Tyranny Of Maximin, Rebellion, Civil Wars, Death Of Maximin. Part I. - III.
♠ Chapter VIII: State Of Persion And Restoration Of The Monarchy. Part I. - II.
♠ Chapter IX: State Of Germany Until The Barbarians. Part I. - III.
♠ Chapter X: Emperors Decius, Gallus, Aemilianus, Valerian And Gallienus. Part I. - IV.
♠ Chapter XI: Reign Of Claudius, Defeat Of The Goths. Part I. - III.
♠ Chapter XII: Reigns Of Tacitus, Probus, Carus And His Sons. Part I. - III.
♠ Chapter XIII: Reign Of Diocletian And This Three Associates. Part I. - IV.
♠ Chapter XIV: Six Emperors At The Same Time, Reunion Of The Empire. Part I. - IV.
♠ Chapter XV: Progress Of The Christian Religion. Part I. - IX.
♠ Recommended Resources

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