The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. I: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. I, credited to Edward Gibbon, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1. The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings (a remarkable feat for its time). Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The original volumes were published as quartos, a common publishing practice of the time.The books cover the period of the Roman Empire after Marcus Aurelius, from just before 180 to 1453 and beyond, concluding in 1590. They take as their material the behaviour and decisions that led to the decay and eventual fall of the Roman Empire in the East and West, offering an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell.Gibbon is sometimes called the first "modern historian of ancient Rome." By virtue of its mostly objective approach and highly accurate use of reference material, Gibbon's work was adopted as a model for the methodologies of 19th and 20th century historians. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. I
• Author credits: Edward Gibbon
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 52
• Listed recording duration: 19:50:20

Catalogue topics

• history
• gibbon
• rome

Opening tracks: first 24 of 52

1. Chapter 00 Introduction and Prefaces — 14:21
2. Chapter 01 Pt. 1 — 16:15
3. Chapter 01 Pt. 2 — 23:11
4. Chapter 01 Pt. 3 — 34:24
5. Chapter 02 Pt. 1 — 12:54
6. Chapter 02 Pt. 2 — 17:37
7. Chapter 02 Pt. 3 — 15:43
8. Chapter 02 Pt. 4 — 17:23
9. Chapter 03 Pt. 1 — 23:43
10. Chapter 03 Pt. 2 — 24:38
11. Chapter 04 Pt. 1 — 20:58
12. Chapter 04 Pt. 2 — 24:13
13. Chapter 05 Pt. 1 — 25:48
14. Chapter 05 Pt. 2 — 29:36
15. Chapter 06 Pt. 1 — 17:12
16. Chapter 06 Pt. 2 — 22:43
17. Chapter 06 Pt. 3 — 21:03
18. Chapter 06 Pt. 4 — 23:32
19. Chapter 07 Pt. 1 — 33:46
20. Chapter 07 Pt. 2 — 28:31
21. Chapter 07 Pt. 3 — 5:07
22. Chapter 08 Pt. 1 — 10:54
23. Chapter 08 Pt. 2 — 28:15
24. Chapter 09 Pt. 1-2 — 28:12

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