The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with Notes by Milman and Guizot. Ed. by W. Smith by Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with Notes by Milman and Guizot. Ed. by W. Smith

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire #1

Edward Gibbon

486 pages • first pub 1776 (editions)

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According to Gibbon, the Empire succumbed to barbarian invasions because of lost of civic virtue. They'd become weak, outsourcing defence to barbarian mercenaries, who became so numerous & ingrained that they took over. Romans had become effe...

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