INVENTORY #109165
The Student's Gibbon. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, By Edward Gibbon. Abridged. Incorporating the Researches of Recent Commentators
SMITH, William
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Topics include: the extent, prosperity and constitution of the Empire in the Age of the Antonines; reigns of various emperors such as Commodus, Pertinax, Septimus Severus, Caracalla, Valerian, Diocletian; reunion of the Empire under Constantine; conduct of the Roman government towards the Christians and the legal establishment of Christianity; foundation of Constantinople; Theodosius; Western and Eastern Empire; Vandals and Ostrogoths; Justinian; Charlemagne; Maromet; Saracens; Caliphs; Normans; Turks; Crusades; Monguls; ruins of Rome in the 15th century. Includes genealogical tables, list of Roman emperors and index.
Publication Info
- Publisher: Harper and Brothers
- Edition: n/a
- Date Published: 1876
- Place Published: New York
- ISBN: n/a
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- Condition: Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
xxvii, 677 p. 20 cm. 113 b&w illustrations and maps. Dark cloth hardcover with white marks on upper parts of boards. Worn corners. Ink signature on front free endpaper. Dampstains within, mainly lower portions of pages, not affecting text.