The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume III
By: Edward Gibbon ~ Introduction by: Daniel J. Boorstin
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The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume III Summary
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In the two centuries since its completion, Gibbon's magnum opus -- which encompasses some thirteen hundred years as it swings across Europe, North Africa, and Asia -- has refused to go the way of many "classics" and grow musty on the shelves. Never far below the surface of the magnificent narrative lies the author's wit and sweeping irony, exemplified by Gibbon's famous definition of history as "little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind." The third volume contains chapters forty-nine through seventy-one of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
"I set out upon Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [and] was immediately dominated by both the story and the style... I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all... I was not even estranged by his naughty footnotes." WINSTON CHURCHILL "Gibbon is a landmark and a signpost -- a landmark of human achievement: and a signpost because the social convulsions of the Roman Empire as described by him sometimes prefigure and indicate convulsions which shake the whole world today."
Jacket etching: detail from Veduta del Tempio di Antonino e Faustina in Campo Vaccino by Piranesi |
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