Gibbon: 173 books

STORIA DELLA DECADENZA E ROVINA DELL'IMPERO ROMANO DI EDOARDO GIBBON VOLUME SETTIMO Io presto rivedrò le rive del lago di Losanna, paese a me noto e caro fin dalla mia prima gioventù. Sotto un Governo dolce, in un'amena regione, in una vita d'ozio e d'indipendenza,...

STORIA DELLA DECADENZA E ROVINA DELL'IMPERO ROMANO DI EDOARDO GIBBON VOLUME SESTO . La gelosia e l'avarizia de' fratelli tosto costrinsero Atenaide a cercare un rifugio a Costantinopoli; e con qualche speranza, o di giustizia o di favore, a gettarsi a' piedi...

History of the Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon.

Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries.

Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries.

Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries.

This charming and thought-provoking collection of short stories and sketches from author Perceval Gibbon spans continents and cultures. In the title story, a tourist who attempts to perform a favor for a fellow passenger finds himself at the center of a puzzling situation.

STORIA DELLA DECADENZA E ROVINA DELL'IMPERO ROMANO DI EDOARDO GIBBON VOLUME TERZO Impugnazione e difesa de' miracoli di Gesù Cristo. Abbiamo avvertito, che l'Autore stendeva le sue vedute sino ai miracoli di Cristo, che formano la prova più decisiva...

Ideas que han cambiado el mundo. A lo largo de la historia, algunos libros han cambiado el mundo. Han transformado la manera en que nos vemos a nosotros mismos y a los demás. Han inspirado el debate, la discordia, la guerra y la revolución. Han iluminado, indignado, provocado y consolado....

Introduced by Tom Crawford. Chris Guthrie and her son, Ewan, have come to the industrial town of Duncairn, where life is as hard as the granite of the buildings all around them. These are the Depression years of the 1930s, and Chris is far from the fields of her youth in Sunset Song. In a society of...

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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 themselves...

The loss or desolation of the provinces, from the Ocean to the Alps, impaired the glory and greatness of Rome: her internal prosperity was irretrievably destroyed by the separation of Africa. The rapacious Vandals confiscated the patrimonial estates of the senators, and intercepted the regular subsidies,...

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