Title: The decline and fall of the Roman Empire
Description: The author makes the point that in this abridgement he has adhered to Gibbon's style, format, planning, and footnotes, and has made only selective exclusions. The history covers the centuries from Marcus Aurelius to the capture of Constantinople, and concludes with an epilogue dealing with medieval Rome and the dawn of the Renaissance.
Subjects: Historia, Ancient History, Imperio Bizantino, History
Places: Byzantine Empire, Rome
Time periods: To 527, Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.