The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is an 18th-century multi-volume historical work by Edward Gibbon that traces the Roman Empire’s peak, gradual decline, and eventual collapse with extensive scholarship and critical analysis.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book series ⓘ historical work ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ
author	Edward Gibbon NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizedFor	Enlightenment bias ⓘ treatment of Christianity ⓘ
fifthVolumePublicationYear	1788 ⓘ
firstVolumePublicationYear	1776 ⓘ
fourthVolumePublicationYear	1788 ⓘ
genre	historiography ⓘ history ⓘ
hasNotableTheme	barbarian invasions ⓘ despotism and liberty ⓘ moral and civic decay ⓘ role of religion in history ⓘ
hasPart	Volume I of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ⓘ Volume II of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ⓘ Volume III of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ⓘ Volume IV of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ⓘ Volume V of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Volume VI of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ⓘ
historicalMethod	critical use of sources ⓘ narrative history ⓘ
influenced	19th-century historians ⓘ modern studies of Late Antiquity ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryStyle	elegant prose ⓘ irony ⓘ
mainSubject	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ decline of the Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ fall of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
movement	Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	critical analysis of Christianity ⓘ extensive use of primary sources ⓘ influence on modern historiography ⓘ literary style ⓘ
numberOfVolumes	6 ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationEndYear	1789 ⓘ
publicationStartYear	1776 ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition	W. Strahan and T. Cadell NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondVolumePublicationYear	1781 ⓘ
sixthVolumePublicationYear	1789 ⓘ
thirdVolumePublicationYear	1781 ⓘ
timePeriodCoveredEnd	fall of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodCoveredEndYear	1453 ⓘ
timePeriodCoveredStart	reign of Augustus ⓘ

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Foundation (1942 short story) → influencedBy → The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Foundation series (early stories) → influencedBy → The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire