The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Illustrations by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Arcturus Epic Classics)

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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Illustrations by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Arcturus Epic Classics)

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ISBN:9781398861213

The original publication of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall was an exhaustive, six-volume account of a 'revolution which shall ever be remembered and is still felt by the nations of the earth'. Here, this celebrated work of historical scholarship has been abridged to a more digestible length, complete with scabrous and entertaining footnotes detailing the decadence that led to the fall of Rome.

This handsome hardback editions is gloriously illustrated by the illustrious Italian artist, Giovanni Battista Piranesi. These dramatic neoclassical etchings accompany the text, as well as the printed page edges and full-colour endpapers of this edition.

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Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) was a renowned English historian and Member of Parliament, famous for his monumental work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a six-volume masterpiece detailing the Roman Empire's later history and its fall, published between 1776 and 1788, influencing historical methodology and understanding of ancient Rome and Christianity's role in its decline. 

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