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Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 05

by Edward Gibbon

"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 05" by Edward Gibbon is part of a six-volume historical work published between 1776 and 1789. This monumental study traces Western civilization from the height of the Roman Empire through the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Using primary sources in an approach revolutionary for his time, Gibbon examines the behaviors and decisions that led to Rome's long decline. His work blends literary elegance with scholarly rigor, though his anticlerical views and critical assessment of Christianity sparked fierce controversy.

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