The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,… by Edward Gibbon · Audiobook preview

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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume I
Authored by Edward Gibbon
Narrated by David Timson

0:00 Intro
0:03 Chapter I: The Extent Of The Empire In The Age Of The Antonines
5:03 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has always maintained its initial appeal to both the general public and scholars alike. Its sheer scale is daunting, encompassing over a millennium of history, covering not merely the Western Empire from the days of the early emperors to its extinction in AD 476, but also the Eastern Empire, which lasted for another thousand years until the Turks vanquished it in 1453. But GibbonÕs style, part historical fact and part literature, is enticing, and the sheer honesty of the man, who endeavours to be scrupulously impartial in his presentation, endears him to the reader. In this recording, David Timson incorporates the most salient of GibbonÕs footnotes. In Volume I (chapters IXV), Gibbon opens by setting the scene with the Empire as it stood in the time of Augustus (d. AD 14) before praising the time of the Antonines (AD 98Ð180). The death of Marcus Aurelius and the accession of Commodus and his successors ushers in turbulent and dangerous times which were only occasionally marked by a wise and temperate ruler. The volume ends in AD 324, with Constantine the Great becoming undisputed Roman emperor, uniting both the East and Western Empires.

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

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Language: English
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Published on: January 1, 2014
ISBN: 9781843797210
Duration: 22 hr, 39 min