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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Historical work by Edward Gibbon, published in the UK in 1776–88. One of the best-known historical works in English literature, it spans 13 centuries and is arranged in three parts. It covers the history of the empire from Trajan and the Antonines through to the Turkish seizure of Constantinople in 1453.



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