TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gibbon,Edward
AU  - Milman,Henry Hart
TI  - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1
AV  - DG 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
KW  - Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 527
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire; Release date is 2008-06-07; David Reed and David Widger; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1" by Edward Gibbon is a historical work published in 1776. This monumental six-volume study spans from 98 to 1590, chronicling the Roman Empire's peak, early Christianity's rise as state religion, and the Western Empire's collapse. Gibbon explores the loss of civic virtue and barbarian invasions as causes of Rome's fall, while controversially examining Christianity's role. Written with detached yet critical prose, this Enlightenment masterpiece shaped historical methodology despite sparking ongoing scholarly debate about its central thesis. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/731
ER  -