Book · 1895 · Byzantine Empire
“The” History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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People tell me amazing book. They'll say the writing is really strong. It's been super influential.
What they say about it
- References the Roman Empire“Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”3
- Discusses reading the book2
The best things said about it
You definitely should read that.
Steve Bannon Timcast IRL · Dec 2021 So the most famous work on the Roman Empire is Edward Gibbons Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It's written in 1776 um in seven volumes.
And so, I bought Gibbons: The Decline of Fall of the Roman Empire. All three volumes, the single most boring treatment ever written.
Mike Cernovich The Tucker Carlson Show · Jan 2026 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, right? People think maybe America is in the middle of that right now.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · May 2026 And he had read all of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire several times. He was always reading two or three books at a time...
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Sep 2026 Where and when it comes up
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon is a monumental multi-volume historical work chronicling the trajectory of the Roman world from the height of the empire to its eventual collapse. Steve Bannon mentioned the classic work on Timcast IRL when asked for historical book recommendations, suggesting that modern readers check out the extended versions. Ryan Holiday discussed the work on The Daily Stoic across multiple episodes, noting both its status as a favorite of Harry Truman and its usefulness in contrasting sweeping historical timescales against modern immediacy biases. Ada Palmer referenced the text on the Dwarkesh Podcast to highlight Gibbon's perspective on the era of the five good emperors. Jeremy Slate brought up the landmark 1776 study on The Shawn Ryan Show to examine the factors behind the fall of Rome. Mike Cernovich mentioned on The Tucker Carlson Show that he purchased the volumes in his youth to understand historical decline, while David Perell noted on How I Write that despite its strong writing and influence, the massive history can fail to engage readers who lack a personal interest in the subject.
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Steve Bannon gibbons you got to reinvent the extended versions a little long you definitely should read that 1
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“gibbons you got to reinvent the extended versions a little long you definitely should read that”
Ryan Holiday And he had read all of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire several times. He was always reading t… 2
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“And he had read all of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire several times. He was always reading two or three books at a time...”
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“Or take something that people evoke all the time, right? The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, right? People think maybe America is in the middle of that right now. But do you know how long the fall of the Roman Empire took?”
Ada Palmer So much so that when Gibbon is writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in multiple… 1
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“So much so that when Gibbon is writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in multiple volumes, in the late 18th century he says that there's never been a better time for humanity than during the era of the five good emperors.”
David Perell So we'll take a book like Gibbons, the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Okay, people tell me amazing b… 1
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“So we'll take a book like Gibbons, the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Okay, people tell me amazing book. They'll say the writing is is is really strong. It's been super influential.”
Jeremy Slate So the most famous work on the Roman Empire is Edward Gibbons Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It's wr… 1
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“So the most famous work on the Roman Empire is Edward Gibbons Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It's written in 1776 um in seven volumes.”
Mike Cernovich And so, I bought Gibbons: The Decline of Fall of the Roman Empire. All three volumes, the single most borin… 1
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“And so, I bought Gibbons: The Decline of Fall of the Roman Empire. All three volumes, the single most boring treatment ever written.”
Niall Ferguson so Gibbon's great Decline and fall of the Roman Empire covers a millennium 1
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“so Gibbon's great Decline and fall of the Roman Empire covers a millennium”
Robert Evans In his monumental the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon described this brilliantly by thu… 1
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“In his monumental the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon described this brilliantly by thus introducing the Ptorian guards as it were into the palace and the Senate. The emperors taught them to perceive their own strength”
Saagar Enjeti And I actually think about that a lot from, you know, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon. 1
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“And I actually think about that a lot from, you know, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon.”
Ted Gioia well I'm going to read the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Gibb and I'm reading it 1
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“well I'm going to read the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Gibb and I'm reading it”
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“You have the quote from Gibbon in the afterward of when he completed the clan and fall.”
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“I haven't read it, but that's what a lot of people have told me about Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Haven't read it.”
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“I think specifically we should go for like Edward Gibbons rise and fall of or yeah Decline and fall of the Roman Empire just throw marjerie Taylor green book in for like volume three of that [ __ ] classic Scholars work it all out”
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“Edward Gibbons rise and fall of or yeah Decline and fall of the Roman Empire just throw marjerie Taylor green book in for like volume three of that [ __ ] classic Scholars work it all out”
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“one of like a guy who goes to Oxford in the period of like a basically generation before George is Edward Gibbon who you might not know him by name but he is the guy who writes the history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire”
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“I was looking forward to the hot new history book The Decline and fall of the Roman Empire because I was still convinced it was going strong”