Edward Gibbon

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April 27, 1737 in Putney, England, The United Kingdom

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January 16, 1794

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Edward Gibbon was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. The History is known principally for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open denigration of organized religion, though the extent of this is disputed by some critics.
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Average rating: 3.99 · 2,725 ratings · 264 reviews · 152 distinct works

	The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 3.96 avg rating — 2,168 ratings — published 1776 — 177 editions	My rating:
	The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire 1 by Edward Gibbon, David P. Womersley 4.15 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 1776 — 50 editions	My rating:
	Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire: Volumes 1 3, Volumes 4 6 4.34 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire 2 4.24 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1952 — 57 editions	My rating:
	The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire 3 4.15 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1776 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Christians and the Fall of Rome 3.64 avg rating — 45 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Memoirs of My Life 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1896 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire: Volumes 1 3, Volumes 4 6 by Edward Gibbon, Hugh Trevor-Roper 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire 5 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1996 — 22 editions	My rating:
	On Christianity 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.”
― Edward Gibbon

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“My early and invincible love of reading--I would not exchange for the treasures of India.”
― Edward Gibbon

tags: love , reading , treasures

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“The five marks of the Roman decaying culture:

Concern with displaying affluence instead of building wealth;

Obsession with sex and perversions of sex;

Art becomes freakish and sensationalistic instead of creative and original;

Widening disparity between very rich and very poor;

Increased demand to live off the state.”
― Edward Gibbon

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The History Book ...: PUBLICATION INFO - THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE	7	27	Mar 08, 2010 12:29am
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The History Book ...: * THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE	1	15	Mar 08, 2010 02:45am
The History Book ...: * GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE	6	27	Apr 30, 2010 11:24pm
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