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Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 08

by Edward Gibbon

Translated by Davide Bertolotti

"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 08" by Edward Gibbon is part of a six-volume historical work published between 1776 and 1789. This monumental history traces Western civilization from the height of the Roman Empire through the Islamic and Mongol conquests to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Gibbon's use of primary sources established him as "the first modern historian of ancient Rome." His work combines meticulous scholarship with literary elegance, though his controversial views on Christianity and the Byzantine Empire sparked fierce debate.

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