WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT ROME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who wrote The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?
A
Romulus Augustus
B
Odoacer
C
Henry Adams
D
Edward Gibbon
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Edward Gibbon (/ˈɡɪbən/; 8 May 1737 – 16 January 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.

Detailed explanation-2: -The history of The Decline and Fall, set out in Gibbon’s first three volumes, was the story of Rome’s progressive loss of civic and military capacity, until the western empire was taken over by the barbarian mercenaries recruited to fill the vacuum left by the failure of Rome to defend itself.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in full The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, historical work by Edward Gibbon, published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.

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