The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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gptkbp:author gptkb:Edward_Gibbon
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:John_Baker_Holroyd,_1st_Earl_of_Sheffield
gptkbp:firstPublished 1776
gptkbp:genre history
gptkbp:hasPart Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV
Volume V
Volume VI
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
gptkbp:influenced history
gptkbp:influencedBy modern historical writing
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0-14-043393-7
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:lastPublished 1788
gptkbp:mainTheme gptkb:Christianity_and_the_Roman_Empire
causes of the fall of Rome
decline of the Roman Empire
history of Byzantium
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:print
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:literature
critical use of primary sources
analysis of the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire
gptkbp:notableQuote "History is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind."
gptkbp:numberOfVolumes 6
gptkbp:publicationDate 1776
1788
1781
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Strahan_&_Cadell
gptkbp:setInPeriod gptkb:Middle_Ages
gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edward_Gibbon
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