01620cam a2200301 i 4500 283106924 TxAuBib 20020312120000.0 020312s1977||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780394320519 $10.00 0394320514 $10.00 TxAuBib rda Tierney, Brian. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Edited by Brian Tierney, Donald Kagan & L. Pearce Williams. 3d ed. New York, NY : Random House, Inc., 1977. 43 p : hardcover. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Great issues in Western civilization ; ; 3 Random House Historical Pamphlet Edition ; 3 The problem of the causes of the decline and fall of the classical world as represented by the Roman Empire in the West is at least as old as the Renaissance and was posed in definitive form by Edward Gibbon in the eighteenth century. It has not yet lost its fascination, for in the twentieth century historians and philosophers of history have continued to use it as the focal point for speculations on the nature of historical change. The Roman Empire is admirable suited as a subject for such speculations, because it represents a complete cycle of civilization. 20020312. Rome History Empire, 284-476. Great issues in Western civilization ; ; 3. Random House Historical Pamphlet Edition ; 3.