History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

By Edward Gibbon

Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
• Release date: Jan 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781625584182

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon; (8 May – 16 January 1794) was an English historian, writer and Member of Parliament. His most important work, "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788 and is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open criticism of organised religion. (Wikipedia)

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[andyray_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Here we read of the consolidation of the Christian church as it fights amongst itself over the issues of transubstantiation and the vigin birth. It's interesting to note that not many thought Jesus was a part of the Father until somewhere about 180 A.D. Until then he was an inspired rabbi. As the Roman Empire had divided into East and West Empires, so the church now became the Greek Orthodox and the Roman Catholic churches, although they hadn't begun calling themselves that yet. Glibbons' inability to express himself clearly; his coninuing nightmare of sentences, his taking a page to say what could have been said in one line; all puts this particular part down a notch.