The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol 1.
Contributors: Gian Battista Piranesi (Illustrator); Daniel J. Boorstin (Introduction)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: January 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 928
ISBN-13: 9780679601487
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries; World history; Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794; Ancient Rome - History; History - General History; Rome; Literature: Classics; Ancient Rome; History; Ancient - Rome; History / Ancient / Rome; Byzantine Empire; Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
First sentence: IN the second century of the Christian era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilised portion of mankind.
Notes: Modern Library