The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Abridged Edition

Gibbon, Edward; Mueller, Hans-Friedrich; Boorstin, Daniel J.; Piranesi, Gian Battista

ISBN 10: 0375758119 / ISBN 13: 9780375758119

Published by Modern Library, 2003

About this Item

Seller Inventory # 9780375758119

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Abridged Edition
• Publisher: Modern Library
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375758119
• ISBN 13: 9780375758119
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Piranesi, Gian Battista
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Edited, abridged, and with a critical Foreword by Hans-Friedrich Mueller
Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin
Illustrations by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Edward Gibbon’s masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A.D. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is widely considered the greatest work of history ever written. This abridgment retains the full scope of the original, but in a breadth comparable to a novel. Casual readers now have access to the full sweep of Gibbon’s narrative, while instructors and students have a volume that can be read in a single term. This unique edition emphasizes elements ignored in all other abridgments—in particular the role of religion in the empire and the rise of Islam.

About the Author

Hans-Friedrich Mueller is the William D. Williams Professor of Classics at Union College in Schenectady, New York, and the author of Roman Religion in Valerius Maximus.
 
Daniel J. Boorstin, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and Librarian of Congress emeritus, is the author of many books, including The Creators and The Discoverers.