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Gibbon - Edward Gibbon - Roman Historian
The English historian Edward Gibbon ( May 8, 1737, to Jan. 16, 1794), a friend of Voltaire and Diderot, is best known for his "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," which tells about the decline and fall of Rome from the second century A.D. to the fifteenth century fall of Constantinople.
Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon -- ancient historian.
The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Introduction
"The great work of Gibbon is indispensable to the student of history. The literature of Europe offers no substitute for "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." It has obtained undisputed possession, as rightful occupant, of the vast period which it comprehends."