num_pages: 1258
description: 'Gibbon is a kind of bridge that connects the ancient with the ancient with the modern ages, ' noted Thomas Carlyle. 'And how gorgeously does it swing across the gloomy and tumultuous chasm of these barbarous centuries.' Indeed, Gibbon, the supreme historian of the Enlightenment--the illustrious scholar who envisioned history as a branch of literature--seemed almost predestined to write his monumental account of the Roman Empire's terrible self-destruction.
language: English
title: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
titlecomplete: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
genres: Politics, Historical, Ancient History, World History, 18th Century, Roman, Classics, Nonfiction, History, Ancient
ratings_count: 14395
places: Roman Empire
series: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
publisher: Modern Library