The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

~ Release by Edward Gibbon; Philip Madoc, Neville Jason (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Part 01-01: The most civilised portion of mankind.
Edward Gibbon12:40
2Part 01-02: The terror of the Roman arms - the preservation of peace by a constant preparation for war
Edward Gibbon9:33
3Part 01-03: Every useful instrument of war
Edward Gibbon5:49
4Part 01-04: An empire united by laws and adorned by arts
Edward Gibbon8:30
5Part 01-05: The Roman language - an influence over national manners
Edward Gibbon3:42
6Part 01-06: The most numerous society under the same system of government
Edward Gibbon7:23
7Part 01-07: The fate of the Roman world depended on the will of Augustus
Edward Gibbon9:53
8Part 01-08: A succession of monsters with unparalleled vices
Edward Gibbon2:40
9Part 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
Edward Gibbon1:04
10Part 01-10: Commodus - revelling in the licence of sovereign power
Edward Gibbon14:34
11Part 01-11: Pertinax accedes to power
Edward Gibbon3:23
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Part 02-01: The Praetorian Guards and the bribe of Didius Julianus
Edward Gibbon8:27
2Part 02-02: Septimus Severus - a pernicious indulgence
Edward Gibbon2:20
3Part 02-03: The two sons of Severus - Caracella and Geta
Edward Gibbon6:12
4Part 02-04: Caracella becomes sole emperor
Edward Gibbon6:02
5Part 02-05: Antonius becomes Elagabalus, supreme emperor and pontiff - and licentious despot
Edward Gibbon4:53
6Part 02-06: The reign of Alexander - an auspicious calm of thirteen years
Edward Gibbon9:00
7Part 02-07: The rise of Maximin, dark and sanguinary
Edward Gibbon8:00
8Part 02-08: Confusion of power between Maximus, Balbinus and Gordianus
Edward Gibbon7:57
9Part 02-09: Philip - a period of games
Edward Gibbon4:32
10Part 02-10: Decius and the appearance of the Goths
Edward Gibbon6:02
11Part 02-11: Hostilianus and Gallus
Edward Gibbon3:02
12Part 02-12: Aemilianus, Valerian and Gallieneus - an empire oppressed
Edward Gibbon9:05
13Part 02-13: Claudius - the first of the Restorers of the Roman world
Edward Gibbon3:35
▼ CD 3
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1Part 03-01: Aurelian - four years of memorable achievement
Edward Gibbon11:46
2Part 03-02: Zenobia fights back - the fate of the East is decided
Edward Gibbon10:49
3Part 03-03: The death of Aurelian and the accession of Tacitus
Edward Gibbon6:02
4Part 03-04: Probus and the deliverance of Gaul and 70 German cities
Edward Gibbon7:47
5Part 03-05: Carus, Numerian and Carinus - soft, cruel, devotet to pleasure yet destitute of taste
Edward Gibbon3:31
6Part 03-06: The illustrous reign of Diocletian and Maximian
Edward Gibbon7:47
7Part 03-07: The end of Rome as the capital of the empire
Edward Gibbon8:34
8Part 03-08: The abdication of Diocletian
Edward Gibbon3:13
9Part 03-09: Two new Augusti - Constantius and Galerius
Edward Gibbon5:29
10Part 03-10: The elevation of Constantine and a time of confusion
Edward Gibbon7:58
11Part 03-11: The final battle between Constantine and Maxentius
Edward Gibbon6:22
▼ CD 4
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1Part 04-01: Constantine overwhelms Licinius, a victory which leads to the foundation of Constantinople
Edward Gibbon5:14
2Part 04-02: A candid but rational inquiry into the progress and establishment of Christianity under the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon19:36
3Part 04-03: A dark and unjust record righted
Edward Gibbon2:58
4Part 04-04: Nero - mistakenly judged one of history's most vilified figures
Edward Gibbon11:08
5Part 04-05: Protection for the Christians
Edward Gibbon13:00
6Part 04-06: Diocletian introduces systematic repression
Edward Gibbon4:22
7Part 04-07: Gibbon's conclusions on the Roman persecution
Edward Gibbon10:23
8Part 04-08: Constantine - a new capital but a fatal flaw in defence
Edward Gibbon11:41
▼ CD 5
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1Part 05-01: The petty abuse of power and local tyrannies
Edward Gibbon6:21
2Part 05-02: Asiatic pomp and a gradual decline
Edward Gibbon3:55
3Part 05-03: Constantius, Gallus and the eunuchs
Edward Gibbon8:20
4Part 05-04: Julian, a Caesar of very different ilk
Edward Gibbon9:12
5Part 05-05: The establishment of Christianity
Edward Gibbon9:38
6Part 05-06: The rise in popularity of Julian
Edward Gibbon12:35
7Part 05-07: The road to civil war
Edward Gibbon5:25
8Part 05-08: Julian assumes supreme power
Edward Gibbon13:35
9Part 05-09: The apostasy of Julian
Edward Gibbon4:32
10Part 05-10: The death of Julian
Edward Gibbon5:17
▼ CD 6
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1Part 06-01: Jovian - a brief reign
Edward Gibbon4:50
2Part 06-02: Valentinian, emperor of the West and Valens, emperor of the East
Edward Gibbon7:10
3Part 06-03: Gratian, emperor of the West
Edward Gibbon1:36
4Part 06-04: The humbling of the empire
Edward Gibbon1:47
5Part 06-05: The incursion of the Visigoth Fritigern and the death of Valens at Hadrianople
Edward Gibbon9:40
6Part 06-06: Theodosius, emperor of the East, aims for a modus vivendi with the Visigoths
Edward Gibbon2:07
7Part 06-07: Maximus takes rule of the Western empire but unadvisedly marches against Theodosius
Edward Gibbon1:36
8Part 06-08: Arcadius and Honorius and their commander Stilicho
Edward Gibbon2:47
9Part 06-09: The power of the Visigoths under Alaric
Edward Gibbon10:09
10Part 06-10: The execution of Stilicho opens the Goths' road to Rome
Edward Gibbon5:04
11Part 06-11: The decadence of the empire in the reign of Honorius and the siege of Rome
Edward Gibbon11:19
12Part 06-12: The sound of the Gothic trumpet
Edward Gibbon5:06
13Part 06-13: The end of the Roman Empire in the West
Edward Gibbon1:18
14Part 06-14: The reign of Odoacer, the first barbarian king of Italy
Edward Gibbon7:02
15Part 06-15: General observations on the fall of the Roman Empire in the West
Edward Gibbon7:57