Edward Gibbon
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Books by Edward Gibbon
Quotes from Edward Gibbon's books, and about them
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire on The Annals: “See the first book of the Annals of Tacitus.”
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire on Germania: “Such, in particular, was the state of the Batavians. Tacit. Germania, c. 29.”
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire on Historia Augusta: “that for the most part I have quoted them without distinction, under the general and well-known title of the Augustan History.”
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire on The Secret History: “The strain of the Anecdotes of Procopius, (c. 11, 13, 18, 27, 28,) with the learned remarks of Alemannus, is confirmed, rather than contradicted, by the Acts of the Councils”
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire on Ecclesiastical History: “See Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History, vol. i. p. 101, and Spanheim, Remarques sur les Caesars de Julien, p. 468, &c.”
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire on The City of God: “Yet the Pagans of Africa complained, that the times would not allow them to answer with freedom the City of God; nor does St. Augustin (v. 26) deny the charge.”
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire on The Confessions: “My personal acquaintance with the bishop of Hippo does not extend beyond the Confessions, and the City of God.”
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire on The Spirit of the Laws: “Esprit des Loix, l. xxx. c. 3. The brilliant imagination of Montesquieu is corrected, however, by the dry, cold reason of the Abbe de Mably.”
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire on Observations sur l'Histoire de France: “the good sense and diligence of the Abbe de Mably, (Observations sur l'Histoire de France, 2 vols. 12mo.)”
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire on Histoire des Empereurs: “Tillemont, Histoire des Empereurs, tom. iii. p. 598.”
Authors Edward Gibbon's books mention
- Anonymous (3): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Historia Augusta, A Thousand and One Nights, Notitia Dignitatum
- Justinian I (3): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Codex Justinianus, Institutes of Justinian, The Digest (Pandects)
- Voltaire (3): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions La Henriade, The Age of Louis XIV, Candide
- Augustine of Hippo (2): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions The City of God, The Confessions
- David Hume (2): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions The History of England, The Natural History of Religion
- Homer (2): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Iliad, The Odyssey
- Julian (2): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Misopogon, The Caesars
- Tacitus (2): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions The Annals, Germania
- Xenophon (2): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Cyropaedia, Anabasis
- Adam Smith (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions The Wealth of Nations
- Barthélemy d'Herbelot (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Bibliothèque Orientale
- Boethius (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions The Consolation of Philosophy
- Comte de Buffon (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Histoire Naturelle
- Cosmas Indicopleustes (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Christian Topography
- Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Observations sur l'Histoire de France
- Giovanni Boccaccio (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions The Decameron
- Jacques Bongars (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Gesta Dei per Francos
- James Macpherson (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions The Poems of Ossian
- Johann Lorenz von Mosheim (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Ecclesiastical History
- John Milton (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Paradise Lost
- Jordanes (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Getica
- Lodovico Antonio Muratori (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Annali d'Italia
- Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Histoire des Empereurs
- Lucan (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Pharsalia
- Ludovico Ariosto (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Orlando Furioso
- Luigi Guicciardini (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Il Sacco di Roma
- Macrobius (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Saturnalia
- Marcus Aurelius (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Meditations
- Miguel de Cervantes (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Don Quixote
- Montesquieu (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions The Spirit of the Laws
- Niccolò Machiavelli (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Florentine Histories
- Ovid (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Metamorphoses
- Pierre Bayle (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Historical and Critical Dictionary
- Procopius (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions The Secret History
- Theodosius II (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Theodosian Code
- Thomas More (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions Utopia
- Virgil (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions The Aeneid
- William Robertson (1): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire mentions The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
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