Edward Gibbon

Gibbon hatalmas műve, A Római birodalom hanyatlásának és bukásának története az angol történetírás remek, amiből még Churchill is mintát vett saját műveihez. A 6 kötetes voluminózus műnek 68. fejezete foglalkozik Konstantinápollyal, s ezt a fejezetet ültette át Bozóky...

The Roman Commonwealth, from the time of Marius to that of Julian, had borne the brunt of the onset of various Teutonic peoples. The tribe which bore the distinctive name of Teutones, the Suevi, the Cherusci, the Nervii, the Marcomanni, and in later times the great confederacies which called...

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a book of history written by the English historian Edward Gibbon, which traces the trajectory of Western civilization from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium.

Edward Gibbon's monumental 'History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' charts the course of Western civilisation from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium. Published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788, Gibbon's magnum opus is celebrated for its ironic prose, use of...

THEHISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALLof theROMAN EMPIRECHAPTER XLIX (726-1378 A.D.)Introduction, Worship, and Persecution of ImagesRevolt of Italy and Rome Temporal Dominion of the PopesConquest of Italy by the Franks Establishment of ImagesCharacter and Coronation of Charlemagne Restoration and Decay...