The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with Notes by Milman and Guizot. Ed. by W. Smith by Edward Gibbon

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with Notes by Milman and Guizot. Ed. by W. Smith

Edward Gibbon

486 pages • paperback • 1776

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According to Gibbon, the Empire succumbed to barbarian invasions because of lost of civic virtue. They'd become weak, outsourcing defence to barbarian mercenaries, who became so numerous & ingrained that they took over. Romans had become effe...

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