The first volume covers the period of Roman history from the age of the Antonines (2nd century AD - the "golden age of Roman history") to the unification of the empire by Constantine the Great (324 AD).Edward Gibbon is an English historian, in whose works a brilliant literary style and captivating narrative were combined with a high scientific level of critical analysis of a wide range of sources. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, covering the period from the 2nd to the 16th centuries of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires - "the most significant work that has ever been written about Roman history" (Mommsen) - and today remains one of the most popular historical works.This publication was prepared on the basis of the translation of Professor V.N. (Moscow, 1883-1886).

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