History of Roman Empire (ePub)

The students of history can be greatly benefited by the work of
Edward Gibbon. There could be no substitute for the "Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire" in the European Literature. It
has achieved uninterrupted proclamation of a vast period of
time comprehended by it. Some of the subjects embraced by
the journal have undergone complete investigation and research
of the entire period of ancient time. This piece of history is
considered as the sole authority which would appeal the few
original writers or even to the modern editors and compilers.
The intrinsic interest of the historical subject and the immense
labor entrusted upon it, the inexhaustible condensation of
content; the magnificent arrangement; the overall style and
accuracy; these factors are completely vigorous and highly
picturesque which would command great attention. It would
always convey the overall and the deepest meaning with
unending energy which is described in singular breadth
accuracy. The journal has made its permanent mark in the
historic European literature.
The vast compilation and the design of Gibbon, and the
supremacy with which he has cast and portrayed the downfall
of the Roman Empire; the birth and formation of the new
things and principles; are all accurately rendered by the "The
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". As stated by the
eminent French editor M. Guizot; the decline of the most
extraordinary civilization which was ever able to invade and
oppress the world; the fall of the vast prosperous empire,
which was erected on the ruins of many republics, kingdoms,
and barbarous states. The annihilation of the religion of Rome
and Greece was witnessed with the birth and advancement of
the two religions which shared the most beautiful era of the
Earth by the degenerative manners and the expiring glory. The
Roman Empire observed the infancy of the modern world and
the flashbacks of its first advancement with a new direction
given to man and culture.
The work of Gibbon has distinguished the harmony of design
from all other European historical literature. He is the first
person to bridge the gap between the ancient and the modern
era and has successfully managed to connect the two realms of
the historical worlds. The main advantage which is possessed
by the classical historians over the modern ones is that they
have a unity of plan and its execution. They have been indeed
provided with the narrow sphere of information and technology
which confines their research process. Except for Herodotus
(the great ancient historian of Greece), the modern compilers
like Diodorus Siculus; these limited themselves to a single
historic period or to the sphere of the Greek affairs.
When the barbarians surpassed the boundaries of Greece, they
were admitted to glance through the Grecian history. To the
Roman historians, Rome had been their center of unity. Gibbon
has always placed Rome as the central point of his research in
all the classical models of his imitations. It was not exactly
possible for Gibbon to remember the dates but the events and
the occurrences were precisely clear in his mind.