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    The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume IV
    The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume IV
    The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume IV
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    The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume IV

    Written by Edward Gibbon

    Narrated by David Timson

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    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 Gibbon’s 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 Gibbon’s footnotes.
    In Volume IV (Chapters XXXVII–XLVI), Gibbon explores the state of the Roman provinces after the dissolution of the Western Empire, and examines the reasons for its fall ? not excluding its ‘immoderate greatness’. He then moves to the Empire in the East and its rule under Justinian (527?565), whose formidable leadership saw the re-fortification of Constantinople and the frontiers of the Eastern Empire. However, dangerous times remain ahead as the Persians make attempts to siege Constantinople. Gibbon ends with the state of the Eastern Empire in the sixth century and its weaknesses after a long war.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateMar 31, 2014
    ISBN9781843797241
    The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume IV
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    Edward Gibbon

    Edward Gibbon; (8 May – 16 January 1794) was an English historian, writer and Member of Parliament. His most important work, "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788 and is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open criticism of organised religion. (Wikipedia)

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      Here we read of the consolidation of the Christian church as it fights amongst itself over the issues of transubstantiation and the vigin birth. It's interesting to note that not many thought Jesus was a part of the Father until somewhere about 180 A.D. Until then he was an inspired rabbi. As the Roman Empire had divided into East and West Empires, so the church now became the Greek Orthodox and the Roman Catholic churches, although they hadn't begun calling themselves that yet. Glibbons' inability to express himself clearly; his coninuing nightmare of sentences, his taking a page to say what could have been said in one line; all puts this particular part down a notch.
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      Four book. Amazing book. learn so much. so much I didn't know. at least 4 other books - new books - about people and times and history to read. I like that, a book that gives you stories, places, names, that spikes your curiosity and gives you Wonder! The story of the last Roman General Belasarius is amazing. Right there all the tragic of the human condition, in a dedicated life so often betrayed by lesser men, women and simple mistakes.