The Student's Gibbon. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, By Edward Gibbon. Abridged. Incorporating the Researches of Recent Commentators

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Topics include: the extent, prosperity and constitution of the Empire in the Age of the Antonines; reigns of various emperors such as Commodus, Pertinax, Septimus Severus, Caracall a, Valerian, Diocletian; reunion of the Empire under Constantine; conduct of the Roman government towards the Christians and the legal establishment of Christianity; foundation of Constantinople; Theodosius; Western and Eastern Empire; Vandals and Ostrogoths; Justinian; Charlemagne; Maromet; Saracens; Caliphs; Normans; Turks; Crusades; Monguls; ruins of Rome in the 15th century. Includes genealogical tables, list of Roman emperors and index. Show more