Even if you know nothing else about the historiography of the late Roman Empire, there is one work of scholarship on the subject that you’ve probably heard of: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, which was originally published in six volumes from 1776 to 1789. At the time, it was … Continue reading "Is Edward Gibbon’s ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ Worth Reading Today?"
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