The decline and fall of the Roman Empire

Author(s)

• Gibbon, Edward
• Adler, Mortimer Jerome
• Encyclopaedia Britannica

Bibliographic Information

The decline and fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon

（Great books of the Western World / Mortimer J. Adler, editor in chief, 37, 38）

Encyclopædia Britannica, c1990

2nd ed

• : set
• v. 1
• v. 2

Other Title

Gibbon 1

Gibbon 2

Great books

Note

Spine title: Gibbon 1, 2

Spine title: Great books

First published under title: The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire

Includes bibliographical references index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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Details

• NCID: BA12516707
• ISBN:
  • 0852295316
• LCCN: 90222464
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v.
• Size: 24 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Rome -- History --Empire, 30 B.C-476 A.D
  • LCSH : Byzantine Empire -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12500092