Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 13 by Edward Gibbon

"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 13" by Edward Gibbon is part of a monumental historical work published between 1776-1789. This volume continues Gibbon's ambitious chronicle tracing Western civilization from the Roman Empire's peak through Islamic and Mongol conquests to Constantinople's fall in 1453. Using primary sources and employing ironic detachment, Gibbon examines the behaviors and decisions that led to Rome's prolonged decline. His anticlerical perspective and critical view of Christianity as a factor in imperial decay sparked controversy, making this both groundbreaking historical scholarship and provocative literary achievement. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
Translator Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860
Title Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 13
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire Wikipedia page about this book: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storia_della_decadenza_e_caduta_dell%27Impero_romano
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 53.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language Italian
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
Category Text
eBook-No. 45227
Release Date
Last Update Oct 24, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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