Edward Gibbon (27 Apr 1737 - 16 Jan 1794)

Person - United Kingdom English historian and Member of Parliament

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1. Part 01-01: The most civilised portion of mankind. 12:39 ()
2. Part 01-02: The terror of the Roman arms - the preservation of peace by a constant preparation for war 9:32 ()
3. Part 01-03: Every useful instrument of war 5:49 ()
4. Part 01-04: An empire united by laws and adorned by arts 8:30 ()
5. Part 01-05: The Roman language - an influence over national manners 3:42 ()
6. Part 01-06: The most numerous society under the same system of government 7:23 ()
7. Part 01-07: The fate of the Roman world depended on the will of Augustus 9:53 ()
8. Part 01-08: A succession of monsters with unparalleled vices 2:39 ()
9. Part 01-09: The rule of the two Antonines - the only period of history in which the happiness of a great people was the sole object of government 1:03 ()
10. Part 01-10: Commodus - revelling in the licence of sovereign power 14:33 ()
11. Part 01-11: Pertinax accedes to power 3:22 ()
12. Part 02-01: The Praetorian Guards and the bribe of Didius Julianus 8:27 ()
13. Part 02-02: Septimus Severus - a pernicious indulgence 2:20 ()
14. Part 02-03: The two sons of Severus - Caracella and Geta 6:11 ()
15. Part 02-04: Caracella becomes sole emperor 6:02 ()
16. Part 02-05: Antonius becomes Elagabalus, supreme emperor and pontiff - and licentious despot 4:53 ()
17. Part 02-06: The reign of Alexander - an auspicious calm of thirteen years 9:00 ()
18. Part 02-07: The rise of Maximin, dark and sanguinary 7:59 ()
19. Part 02-08: Confusion of power between Maximus, Balbinus and Gordianus 7:56 ()
20. Part 02-09: Philip - a period of games 4:32 ()
21. Part 02-10: Decius and the appearance of the Goths 6:01 ()
22. Part 02-11: Hostilianus and Gallus 3:01 ()
23. Part 02-12: Aemilianus, Valerian and Gallieneus - an empire oppressed 9:05 ()
24. Part 02-13: Claudius - the first of the Restorers of the Roman world 3:35 ()
25. Part 03-01: Aurelian - four years of memorable achievement 11:45 ()
26. Part 03-02: Zenobia fights back - the fate of the East is decided 10:49 ()
27. Part 03-03: The death of Aurelian and the accession of Tacitus 6:01 ()
28. Part 03-04: Probus and the deliverance of Gaul and 70 German cities 7:46 ()
29. Part 03-05: Carus, Numerian and Carinus - soft, cruel, devotet to pleasure yet destitute of taste 3:30 ()
30. Part 03-06: The illustrous reign of Diocletian and Maximian 7:46 ()
31. Part 03-07: The end of Rome as the capital of the empire 8:34 ()
32. Part 03-08: The abdication of Diocletian 3:12 ()
33. Part 03-09: Two new Augusti - Constantius and Galerius 5:29 ()
34. Part 03-10: The elevation of Constantine and a time of confusion 7:57 ()
35. Part 03-11: The final battle between Constantine and Maxentius 6:21 ()
36. Part 04-01: Constantine overwhelms Licinius, a victory which leads to the foundation of Constantinople 5:13 ()
37. Part 04-02: A candid but rational inquiry into the progress and establishment of Christianity under the Roman Empire 19:36 ()
38. Part 04-03: A dark and unjust record righted 2:58 ()
39. Part 04-04: Nero - mistakenly judged one of history's most vilified figures 11:07 ()
40. Part 04-05: Protection for the Christians 13:00 ()
41. Part 04-06: Diocletian introduces systematic repression 4:22 ()
42. Part 04-07: Gibbon's conclusions on the Roman persecution 10:22 ()
43. Part 04-08: Constantine - a new capital but a fatal flaw in defence 11:41 ()
44. Part 05-01: The petty abuse of power and local tyrannies 6:21 ()
45. Part 05-02: Asiatic pomp and a gradual decline 3:54 ()
46. Part 05-03: Constantius, Gallus and the eunuchs 8:20 ()
47. Part 05-04: Julian, a Caesar of very different ilk 9:11 ()
48. Part 05-05: The establishment of Christianity 9:37 ()
49. Part 05-06: The rise in popularity of Julian 12:35 ()
50. Part 05-07: The road to civil war 5:25 ()

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1. Edward Gibbon
2. Edward Gibbon; Philip Madoc, Neville Jason
3. Edward Gibbon read by Philip Madoc