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Edward Gibbon
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Edward Gibbon was a person from the United Kingdom. He is recognized in the Royal Society collection. His works are associated with the tags Audiobook, religion, Audiobooks, History, and roman empire.
He was born in 1737 and died in 1794. His works are referenced by 1,387 other encyclopedia articles. He has 424 listeners and a playcount of 12,315 on Last.fm. Similar artists include Jerome K. Jerome, Mary Elizabeth Hawker, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, and Ἀριστοφάνης.
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Istoria della decadenza e rovina dell Impero Romano
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chûte de l'Empire Romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chûte de l'Empire Romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chûte de l'Empire Romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire Romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire Romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chûte de l'Empire Romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Gibbon (/ˈɡɪbən/; 8 May 1737 – 16 January 1794) was a British essayist, historian and minor politician. His most important and influential work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1789, to critical and commercial success. It is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its polemical criticism of organised religion.
Early life: 1737–1752
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