Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: v. 3 (Modern Library) - Hardcover

Gibbon, Edward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679601503 ISBN 13: 9780679601500

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1996

Synopsis

Discusses the Roman Empire's rise to greatness as well as its eventual decline and fall brought about by increasingly dramatic military, economic, and social changes.

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Edward Gibbon's classic work now available as a Modern Library Classic edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0679601503
• ISBN 13: 9780679601500
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 2537