The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Part 2 [Written by Edward Gibbon]

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Part 2 Author: Edward Gibbon Narrator: Neville Jason, Philip Madoc Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 13, 1997 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire occupies an immortal place in the pantheon of historical masterpieces. This six-disc recording covers the final three volumes of Gibbon's work, tracing ten centuries in the life of the eastern half of the empire, whose capital city was Constantinople. Among the many figures who stride across Gibbon's stage here are the emperor Justinian I, a noble statesman and successful warrior, brought low by his lascivious wife, the former prostitute Theodora; the murdering Basil I, a peasant who nonetheless proved himself a worthy figure upon which to drape the purple; and the final emperor of all, Constantine XI, who died on the battlements of Constantinople in 1453, valiantly fighting a losing battle to prevent the Turks from gaining a city they had craved for centuries. It is still the work that sets the standard for all histories of the period.