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I may now congratulate my deliverance from a long and\r\n      laborious service, and my satisfaction will be pure and perfect, if the\r\n      public favor should be extended to the conclusion of my work.\r\n    \n\r\n      It was my first intention to have collected, under one view, the numerous\r\n      authors, of every age and language, from whom I have derived the materials\r\n      of this history; and I am still convinced that the apparent ostentation\r\n      would be more than compensated by real use. If I have renounced this idea,\r\n      if I have declined an undertaking which had obtained the approbation of a\r\n      master-artist,4 my excuse may be found in the extreme difficulty\r\n      of assigning a proper measure to such a catalogue. A naked list of names\r\n      and editions would not be satisfactory either to myself or my readers: the\r\n      characters of the principal Authors of the Roman and Byzantine History\r\n      have been occasionally connected with the events which they describe; a\r\n      more copious and critical inquiry might indeed deserve, but it would\r\n      demand, an elaborate volume, which might swell by degrees into a general\r\n      library of historical writers. For the present, I shall content myself\r\n      with renewing my serious protestation, that I have always endeavored to\r\n      draw from the fountain-head; that my curiosity, as well as a sense of\r\n      duty, has always urged me to study the originals; and that, if they have\r\n      sometimes eluded my search, I have carefully marked the secondary\r\n      evidence, on whose faith a passage or a fact were reduced to depend.\r\n    \n\n\n\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 731 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jun 7, 2008 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43211168579741,"sku":"gb-731-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/731_f5038220-0db3-473a-b1b9-5cf25ccd6b80.jpg?v=1671248700"},{"product_id":"history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire-volume-2-gb-732","title":"History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nThe Government And Death Of Jovian.Election Of\r\nValentinian, Who Associates His Brother Valens, And Makes\r\nThe Final Division Of The Eastern And Western Empires.\r\nRevolt Of Procopius.Civil And Ecclesiastical\r\nAdministration.Germany.Britain.Africa.The East.\r\nThe Danube.Death Of Valentinian.His Two Sons, Gratian\r\nAnd Valentinian II., Succeed To The Western Empire.\r\n\n\r\nManners Of The Pastoral Nations.Progress Of The Huns, From\r\nChina To Europe.Flight Of The Goths.They Pass The\r\nDanube.Gothic War.Defeat And Death Of Valens.Gratian\r\nInvests Theodosius With The Eastern Empire.His Character\r\nAnd Success.Peace And Settlement Of The Goths.\r\n\n\r\n      1111 (return) [ The sixteenth chapter\r\n      I cannot help considering as a very ingenious and specious, but very\r\n      disgraceful extenuation of the cruelties perpetrated by the Roman\r\n      magistrates against the Christians. It is written in the most contemptibly\r\n      factious spirit of prejudice against the sufferers; it is unworthy of a\r\n      philosopher and of humanity. Let the narrative of Cyprians death be\r\n      examined. He had to relate the murder of an innocent man of advanced age,\r\n      and in a station deemed venerable by a considerable body of the\r\n      provincials of Africa, put to death because he refused to sacrifice to\r\n      Jupiter. Instead of pointing the indignation of posterity against such an\r\n      atrocious act of tyranny, he dwells, with visible art, on the small\r\n      circumstances of decorum and politeness which attended this murder, and\r\n      which he relates with as much parade as if they were the most important\r\n      particulars of the event. Dr. Robertson has been the subject of much blame\r\n      for his real or supposed lenity towards the Spanish murderers and tyrants\r\n      in America. That the sixteenth chapter of Mr. G. did not excite the same\r\n      or greater disapprobation, is a proof of the unphilosophical and indeed\r\n      fanatical animosity against Christianity, which was so prevalent during\r\n      the latter part of the eighteenth century.Mackintosh: see Life, i.\r\n      p. 244, 245.]\r\n    \n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 732 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jun 7, 2008 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43211168678045,"sku":"gb-732-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/732_bf861b5e-2922-42f4-87f8-957b63d22648.jpg?v=1671248701"},{"product_id":"history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire-volume-3-gb-733","title":"History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nInvasion Of Italy By Alaric.Manners Of The Roman Senate\r\nAnd People.Rome Is Thrice Besieged, And At Length\r\nPillaged, By The Goths.Death Of Alaric.The Goths\r\nEvacuate Italy.Fall Of Constantine.Gaul And Spain Are\r\nOccupied By The Barbarians. Independence Of Britain.\r\n\n\r\nSack Of Rome By Genseric, King Of The Vandals.His Naval\r\nDepredations.Succession Of The Last Emperors Of The West,\r\nMaximus, Avitus, Majorian, Severus, Anthemius, Olybrius,\r\nGlycerius, Nepos, Augustulus.Total Extinction Of The\r\nWestern Empire.Reign Of Odoacer, The First Barbarian King\r\nOf Italy.\r\n\n\r\n      The fame of Gratian, before he had accomplished the twentieth year of his\r\n      age, was equal to that of the most celebrated princes. His gentle and\r\n      amiable disposition endeared him to his private friends, the graceful\r\n      affability of his manners engaged the affection of the people: the men of\r\n      letters, who enjoyed the liberality, acknowledged the taste and eloquence,\r\n      of their sovereign; his valor and dexterity in arms were equally applauded\r\n      by the soldiers; and the clergy considered the humble piety of Gratian as\r\n      the first and most useful of his virtues. 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Whatever had been his fears and\r\n      toils in the passage of the first crusade, they were amply recompensed by\r\n      the subsequent benefits which he derived from the exploits of the Franks.\r\n      His dexterity and vigilance secured their first conquest of Nice; and from\r\n      this threatening station the Turks were compelled to evacuate the\r\n      neighborhood of Constantinople. While the crusaders, with blind valor,\r\n      advanced into the midland countries of Asia, the crafty Greek improved the\r\n      favorable occasion when the emirs of the sea-coast were recalled to the\r\n      standard of the sultan. The Turks were driven from the Isles of Rhodes and\r\n      Chios: the cities of Ephesus and Smyrna, of Sardes, Philadelphia, and\r\n      Laodicea, were restored to the empire, which Alexius enlarged from the\r\n      Hellespont to the banks of the Mander, and the rocky shores of Pamphylia.\r\n      The churches resumed their splendor: the towns were rebuilt and fortified;\r\n      and the desert country was peopled with colonies of Christians, who were\r\n      gently removed from the more distant and dangerous frontier. In these\r\n      paternal cares, we may forgive Alexius, if he forgot the deliverance of\r\n      the holy sepulchre; but, by the Latins, he was stigmatized with the foul\r\n      reproach of treason and desertion. They had sworn fidelity and obedience\r\n      to his throne; but he had promised to assist their enterprise in\r\n      person, or, at least, with his troops and treasures: his base retreat\r\n      dissolved their obligations; and the sword, which had been the instrument\r\n      of their victory, was the pledge and title of their just independence. It\r\n      does not appear that the emperor attempted to revive his obsolete claims\r\n      over the kingdom of Jerusalem; 2 but the borders of Cilicia and Syria were more\r\n      recent in his possession, and more accessible to his arms. The great army\r\n      of the crusaders was annihilated or dispersed; the principality of Antioch\r\n      was left without a head, by the surprise and captivity of Bohemond; his\r\n      ransom had oppressed him with a heavy debt; and his Norman followers were\r\n      insufficient to repel the hostilities of the Greeks and Turks. In this\r\n      distress, Bohemond embraced a magnanimous resolution, of leaving the\r\n      defence of Antioch to his kinsman, the faithful Tancred; of arming the\r\n      West against the Byzantine empire; and of executing the design which he\r\n      inherited from the lessons and example of his father Guiscard. His\r\n      embarkation was clandestine: and, if we may credit a tale of the princess\r\n      Anne, he passed the hostile sea closely secreted in a coffin. 3 But his\r\n      reception in France was dignified by the public applause, and his marriage\r\n      with the kings daughter: his return was glorious, since the bravest\r\n      spirits of the age enlisted under his veteran command; and he repassed the\r\n      Adriatic at the head of five thousand horse and forty thousand foot,\r\n      assembled from the most remote climates of Europe. 4 The strength of Durazzo, and\r\n      prudence of Alexius, the progress of famine and approach of winter, eluded\r\n      his ambitious hopes; and the venal confederates were seduced from his\r\n      standard. A treaty of peace 5 suspended the fears of the Greeks; and they were\r\n      finally delivered by the death of an adversary, whom neither oaths could\r\n      bind, nor dangers could appal, nor prosperity could satiate. His children\r\n      succeeded to the principality of Antioch; but the boundaries were strictly\r\n      defined, the homage was clearly stipulated, and the cities of Tarsus and\r\n      Malmistra were restored to the Byzantine emperors. Of the coast of\r\n      Anatolia, they possessed the entire circuit from Trebizond to the Syrian\r\n      gates. The Seljukian dynasty of Roum 6 was separated on all sides\r\n      from the sea and their Mussulman brethren; the power of the sultan was\r\n      shaken by the victories and even the defeats of the Franks; and after the\r\n      loss of Nice, they removed their throne to Cogni or Iconium, an obscure\r\n      and in land town above three hundred miles from Constantinople. 7 Instead\r\n      of trembling for their capital, the Comnenian princes waged an offensive\r\n      war against the Turks, and the first crusade prevented the fall of the\r\n      declining empire.\r\n    \n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 736 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Nov 1, 1996 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43211169398941,"sku":"gb-736-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/736_d7603194-4c5b-4d1c-ac15-83950cb55ce3.jpg?v=1671248709"},{"product_id":"history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire-volume-1-gb-890","title":"History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\r\n      The great work of Gibbon is indispensable to the student of history. The\r\n      literature of Europe offers no substitute for The Decline and Fall of the\r\n      Roman Empire. It has obtained undisputed possession, as rightful\r\n      occupant, of the vast period which it comprehends. However some subjects,\r\n      which it embraces, may have undergone more complete investigation, on the\r\n      general view of the whole period, this history is the sole undisputed\r\n      authority to which all defer, and from which few appeal to the original\r\n      writers, or to more modern compilers. The inherent interest of the\r\n      subject, the inexhaustible labor employed upon it; the immense\r\n      condensation of matter; the luminous arrangement; the general accuracy;\r\n      the style, which, however monotonous from its uniform stateliness, and\r\n      sometimes wearisome from its elaborate art, is throughout vigorous,\r\n      animated, often picturesque, always commands attention, always conveys its\r\n      meaning with emphatic energy, describes with singular breadth and\r\n      fidelity, and generalizes with unrivalled felicity of expression; all\r\n      these high qualifications have secured, and seem likely to secure, its\r\n      permanent place in historic literature.\r\n    \n\r\n      This vast design of Gibbon, the magnificent whole into which he has cast\r\n      the decay and ruin of the ancient civilization, the formation and birth of\r\n      the new order of things, will of itself, independent of the laborious\r\n      execution of his immense plan, render The Decline and Fall of the Roman\r\n      Empire an unapproachable subject to the future historian:* in the\r\n      eloquent language of his recent French editor, M. 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What follows will not be\r\narranged with the same exactness, but everything shall be written down\r\nas it took place throughout the whole extent of the Roman empire. My\r\nreason for this is, that it would not have been expedient for me to\r\ndescribe these events fully while those who were their authors were\r\nstill alive; for, had I done so, I could neither have escaped the\r\nnotice of the multitude of spies, nor, had I been detected, could I\r\nhave avoided a most horrible death; for I could not even have relied\r\nupon my nearest relatives with confidence. Indeed, I have been forced\r\nto conceal the real causes of many of the events recounted in my\r\nformer books. It will now be my duty, in this part of my history, to\r\ntell what has hitherto remained untold, and to state the real motives\r\nand origin of the actions which I have already recounted. 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The whole period extends from the age of Trajan and the Antonines,\r\n      to the taking of Constantinople by Mahomet the Second; and includes a\r\n      review of the Crusades, and the state of Rome during the middle ages.\r\n      Since the publication of the first volume, twelve years have elapsed;\r\n      twelve years, according to my wish, of health, of leisure, and of\r\n      perseverance. I may now congratulate my deliverance from a long and\r\n      laborious service, and my satisfaction will be pure and perfect, if the\r\n      public favor should be extended to the conclusion of my work.\r\n    \n\r\n      It was my first intention to have collected, under one view, the numerous\r\n      authors, of every age and language, from whom I have derived the materials\r\n      of this history; and I am still convinced that the apparent ostentation\r\n      would be more than compensated by real use. 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At that\r\ntime already half ruined, it has now almost completely disappeared,\r\nleaving only the most scanty traces.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 32271 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Dahn, Felix \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: May 6, 2010 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Wolffsohn, Lily \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dahn, Felix,1834-1912 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43219795968157,"sku":"gb-32271-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/32271.jpg?v=1671533299"},{"product_id":"a-struggle-for-rome-v-2-gb-32330","title":"A Struggle for Rome, v. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Struggle for Rome, v. 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was sitting with Valeria and Julius at the evening meal,\r\nand\r\nspeaking of the prospect of preserving peace, which was no doubt\r\nundervalued by the young hero, Totila, who was filled with the ardour\r\nof war. 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Prende quinci principio la\r\nserie degli storici vostri, fra' quali, dotta\r\nqual siete in varie favelle, vi sar\r\ngrato rivedere nelle nuove italiche vesti\r\nquel valoroso che s maestrevolmente\r\ndipinse il Tramonto del grande\r\nImperio di Roma. Ed a chi potrei\r\nio intitolar quest'Opera pi convenevolmente\r\nche a Voi, onde s bene\r\n giustificata quella sentenza del divino\r\n[vi]\r\nPlatone: Nulla avervi di pi\r\nammirabile sopra la terra che la\r\nsomma venust della persona, commista\r\nalla peregrina gentilezza dell'animo.\r\nAccogliete, illustre Donzella,\r\nquesto pegno del conoscente mio\r\nossequio, e sia esso quale iscrizione votiva,\r\nche segni i giorni in cui la bella\r\nMilano si allegrava allo splendore della\r\nvostra avvenenza.\r\n\n\nIo ti presento, o lettore, la Storia della Decadenza\r\ne Rovina dell'Imperio romano, scritta\r\nda Edoardo Gibbon, ed ora interamente e fedelmente\r\ntrasportata dall'originale inglese nella\r\nlingua italiana. Non una idea, non una parola\r\nimportante, venne ad essa tolta, mutata\r\nod aggiunta. Il testo a cui mi sono attenuto,\r\n quello impresso da Strahan e Cadell, in Londra,\r\ncolla data del 1791 in 8., ottima e sicura\r\nedizione, di cui fa cenno l'Autore nelle\r\nsue Memorie.\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45215 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 26, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Italian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ Italian","offer_id":43221535260829,"sku":"gb-45215-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45215.jpg?v=1671605258"},{"product_id":"storia-della-decadenza-e-rovina-dell-impero-romano-volume-02-gb-45216","title":"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 02","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoria della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 02\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nSotto i deplorabili regni di Valeriano e di Gallieno,\r\nl'Impero fu oppresso e quasi distrutto dai Soldati,\r\ndai Tiranni e dai Barbari. Lo salv una serie\r\ndi gran Principi, che traevano un'oscura origine dalle\r\nmarziali province dell'Illirico. Nel giro di quasi trenta\r\nanni Claudio, Aureliano, Probo, Diocleziano, ed i suoi\r\ncolleghi trionfarono degli stranieri e de' domestici nemici\r\ndello Stato; ristabilirono la militar disciplina, la\r\nforza delle frontiere, e meritarono il glorioso titolo di\r\nRistauratori del Mondo Romano.\r\n\n\r\nLa caduta di un effemminato tiranno apr la strada\r\nad una successione di Eroi. L'indignazione del popolo\r\n[6]\r\nimputava a Gallieno tutte le sue calamit; e la maggior\r\nparte, invero, erano conseguenze de' suoi costumi\r\ne della indolente sua condotta nel governo. Era privo\r\nperfino del sentimento di onore, che supplisce s spesso\r\nalla mancanza della pubblica virt; e finch pot godere\r\nil possesso dell'Italia, una vittoria riportata dai\r\nBarbari, la perdita di una provincia, o la ribellione\r\ndi un Generale, raramente disturb il tranquillo corso\r\nde' suoi piaceri. Finalmente un esercito considerabile,\r\naccampato sul Danubio superiore, rivest della porpora\r\nImperiale il suo condottiero Aureolo, che sdegnando\r\nun angusto ed infecondo regno sulle montagne della\r\nRezia, pass le Alpi, occup Milano, minacci Roma,\r\ne sfid Gallieno a disputare in campo la sovranit dell'Italia.\r\nProvocato dall'insulto l'Imperatore, ed intimorito\r\ndall'imminente pericolo, subitamente mostr quell'ascoso\r\nvigore, che qualche volta si manifestava a traverso\r\nl'indolenza del suo carattere. Staccatosi con violenza\r\ndagli agi del palazzo, comparve armato in fronte\r\nalle sue legioni, e si avanz ad incontrare di l dal\r\nPo il suo competitore. Il corrotto nome di Pontirolo[1]\r\nconserva ancora la memoria di un ponte sull'Adda,\r\nche, durante l'azione, debbe essere stato un oggetto\r\ndella maggiore importanza per ambo gli eserciti. Il\r\nRetico usurpatore, dopo aver ricevuto una totale disfatta\r\ned una pericolosa ferita, si ritir in Milano. Ne\r\n[7]\r\nfu immediatamente formato l'assedio; furon le mura\r\nbattute con ogni macchina dagli antichi usata; ed Aureolo,\r\nincerto della interna sua forza, e senza speranza\r\ndi straniero soccorso, si presag fin d'allora le funeste\r\nconseguenze di una inutile ribellione.\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45216 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 26, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Italian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ Italian","offer_id":43221535326365,"sku":"gb-45216-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45216.jpg?v=1671605261"},{"product_id":"storia-della-decadenza-e-rovina-dell-impero-romano-volume-03-gb-45217","title":"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 03","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoria della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 03\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nSe prendiamo a considerar seriamente la purit\r\ndella Religione Cristiana, la santit de' suoi morali precetti,\r\ne l'innocente non meno che austera vita della\r\nmaggior parte di quelli, che ne' primi tempi abbracciarono\r\nla fede dell'Evangelio, saremo naturalmente\r\nindotti a supporre, che anche dal Mondo infedele risguardata\r\nsi fosse con la dovuta riverenza una dottrina\r\ncos benefica; che le persone sapienti e culte,\r\nquantunque deridendo i miracoli, stimato avessero le\r\nvirt della nuova setta, e che i Magistrati avesser protetto,\r\ninvece di perseguitare, un ordine di uomini, che\r\nprestava la pi sommessa obbedienza alle leggi, sebbene\r\n[6]\r\nsfuggisse le attive cure della guerra e del governo.\r\nDall'altra parte se noi riflettiamo che la tolleranza\r\ndel Politeismo era universale ed invariabilmente\r\nsostenuta dalla fede del Popolo, dall'incredulit de' filosofi,\r\ne dalla politica del Senato e degl'Imperatori\r\ndi Roma, non sappiam vedere qual nuova colpa i\r\nCristiani avesser commesso, e da che mai fosse stata\r\nprovocata ed inasprita la blanda indifferenza dell'Antichit,\r\ne quali nuovi motivi potessero indurre i Principi\r\nRomani, che lasciavan sussistere in pace sotto\r\nil lor moderato dominio mille diverse forme di religioni\r\nsenza prendervi alcun interesse, a punir severamente\r\nuna parte de' loro sudditi, che si erano scelta\r\nuna singolare, ma innocente maniera di fede e di culto.\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45217 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 26, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Italian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ Italian","offer_id":43221535424669,"sku":"gb-45217-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45217.jpg?v=1671605264"},{"product_id":"storia-della-decadenza-e-rovina-dell-impero-romano-volume-04-gb-45218","title":"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 04","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoria della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 04\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nSi pu risguardare il pubblico stabilimento del\r\nCristianesimo, come una di quelle importanti e domestiche\r\nrivoluzioni, che eccitano la pi viva curiosit,\r\ne somministrano la pi efficace istruzione. Le\r\nvittorie ed il governo civile di Costantino non influiscono\r\nora pi sopra lo stato dell'Europa; ma una considerabil\r\nparte del globo ritien tuttavia l'impressione,\r\nche ricev dalla conversione di quel Monarca; e l'ecclesiastiche\r\nistituzioni, fatte sotto il suo regno, son sempre\r\nconnesse, mediante un'indissolubil catena, colle\r\n[6]\r\nopinioni, colle passioni, e cogl'interessi della presente\r\ngenerazione.\r\n\n\r\nNella considerazione d'un soggetto, che si pu esaminare\r\nsenza parzialit, ma non pu riguardarsi con\r\nindifferenza, nasce subito una difficolt inaspettata,\r\ncio quella di determinare il vero e preciso tempo\r\ndella conversione di Costantino. L'eloquente Lattanzio,\r\nin mezzo alla Corte di lui, sembra impaziente[1] di\r\npubblicare al Mondo il glorioso esempio del Sovrano\r\ndella Gallia, che fin da' primi momenti del suo regno\r\nconobbe e ador la maest dell'unico e vero Dio[2].\r\nIl dotto Eusebio attribu la fede di Costantino al segno\r\n[7]\r\nmiracoloso, che si fece veder in Cielo, mentr'egli meditava\r\ne preparava la spedizione dell'Italia[3]. L'istorico\r\nZosimo asserisce maliziosamente, ch'esso aveva\r\nimbrattato le mani nel sangue del suo figlio maggiore,\r\navanti di rinunziar pubblicamente agli Dei di Roma\r\ne de' suoi maggiori[4]. La dubbiezza, che producono\r\nqueste discordi autorit, nasce dalla condotta di Costantino\r\nmedesimo. Secondo il rigore del linguaggio\r\necclesiastico il primo Imperator Cristiano non fu degno\r\ndi tal nome che al momento della sua morte; giacch\r\nsolo nell'ultima sua malattia ricev come catecumeno\r\nl'imposizion delle mani[5], e quindi fu ammesso,\r\nmediante l'iniziante rito del Battesimo, nel\r\nnumero de' Fedeli[6]. Conviene concedere a Costantino\r\n[8]\r\nla qualit di Cristiano in un senso molto pi\r\nvago ed esteso, e si richiede la pi minuta esattezza\r\nnel determinare i lenti, e quasi impercettibili gradi,\r\npe' quali il Monarca si dichiar protettore, e finalmente\r\nproselito della Chiesa. Era una difficile impresa\r\nquella di sradicare gli abiti, ed i pregiudizi della sua\r\neducazione, di riconoscere il divino potere di Cristo,\r\ne d'intendere che la verit della sua Rivelazione era\r\nincompatibile col culto degli Dei. Gli ostacoli, che\r\naveva probabilmente sperimentati nell'animo suo, lo\r\nistruirono a procedere con cautela nel momentaneo\r\ncangiamento d'una religion nazionale; ed appoco appoco\r\nscopriva le sue nuove opinioni, a misura che\r\nsi trovava in grado di sostenerle con sicurezza e con\r\neffetto. In tutto il corso del suo regno, il Cristianesimo\r\ns'avanz con un placido, sebbene accelerato moto;\r\nma la generale progressione di esso fu alle volte raffrenata\r\ned alle volte deviata dalle accidentali circostanze\r\nde' tempi, e dalla prudenza, o forse anche dal\r\ncapriccio del Monarca. Fu permesso a' suoi Ministri\r\nd'indicar le intenzioni del Principe nel vario linguaggio,\r\nche pi si accomodava a' respettivi loro principj[7];\r\ned egli artificiosamente bilanci le speranze ed\r\ni timori de' propri sudditi, pubblicando nel medesimo\r\nanno due editti, l'uno de' quali comandava la solenne\r\nosservanza della Domenica[8], ed il secondo dirigeva\r\n[9]\r\nla regolar consultazione degli Aruspici[9]. Mentre\r\nstava tuttavia sospesa quest'importante rivoluzione, i\r\nCristiani ed i Pagani spiavano la condotta del loro\r\nSovrano colla medesima ansiet, ma con sentimenti\r\ndel tutto contrari. I primi eran mossi da ogni motivo\r\ndi zelo, non men che di vanit, ad esagerare i segni\r\ndel suo favore, e le prove della sua fede. Gli altri,\r\nfinattanto che i loro giusti timori non furon cangiati\r\nin disperazione ed in isdegno, procuravano di nascondere\r\nal Mondo ed a loro medesimi, che gli Dei di\r\nRoma non contavan pi l'Imperatore nel numero dei\r\nloro devoti. Le stesse passioni e gli stessi pregiudizi\r\nhanno impegnato gli scrittori parziali di varj tempi\r\nad unire la pubblica professione del Cristianesimo\r\ncolla pi gloriosa o colla pi ignominiosa epoca del\r\nregno di Costantino.\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45218 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 26, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Italian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ Italian","offer_id":43221535490205,"sku":"gb-45218-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45218.jpg?v=1671605268"},{"product_id":"storia-della-decadenza-e-rovina-dell-impero-romano-volume-05-gb-45219","title":"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 05","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoria della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 05\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nGoverno e morte di Gioviano. Elezione di Valentiniano\r\nche associa il fratello Valente all'Impero, e fa\r\nla final divisione degl'Imperi dell'Oriente e dell'Occidente.\r\nRibellione di Procopio. Amministrazione civile\r\ned ecclesiastica. La Germania. La Gran-Brettagna.\r\nL'Affrica. L'Oriente. Il Danubio. Morte di\r\nValentiniano. I due suoi figli Graziano e Valentiniano II\r\nsuccedono all'Impero Occidentale.\n\n\r\nLa morte di Giuliano aveva lasciato in una situazione\r\nmolto dubbia e pericolosa gli affari dell'Impero.\r\nS'era salvato il Romano esercito per mezzo di\r\nun ignominioso e forse necessario trattato[1]; ed i\r\n[6]\r\nprimi momenti di pace del pietoso Gioviano, destinati\r\nfurono a restaurare la domestica tranquillit della\r\nChiesa e dello Stato. L'indiscretezza del suo predecessore,\r\ninvece di conciliare, aveva fomentato ad arte\r\nla guerra di religione, e la bilancia, che affett di\r\nmantenere fra le ostili fazioni, non serv che a perpetuar\r\nla contesa, con le vicende di speranza e di\r\ntimore, e con le reciproche pretensioni di antico possesso\r\ne di favore presente. I Cristiani avean dimenticato\r\nlo spirito del Vangelo; ed i Pagani s'erano\r\nimbevuti di quel della Chiesa. Nelle famiglie private\r\nsi arano estinti i sentimenti della natura dal cieco furore\r\ndello zelo e della vendetta; era violata la maest\r\ndelle leggi, o se ne abusava; le citt dell'Oriente venivan\r\nmacchiate di sangue; ed i pi implacabili nemici\r\nde' Romani si trovavano in seno al loro paese;\r\nGioviano era stato educato nella professione del Cristianesimo;\r\ne nella marcia, che fece da Nisibi ad\r\nAntiochia, lo stendardo della croce, il Labaro di Costantino,\r\nche fu di nuovo spiegato alla testa delle Legioni,\r\nannunzi al popolo la fede del nuovo Imperatore.\r\nAppena salito sul trono mand una circolare a\r\ntutti i Governatori delle Province, in cui confessava\r\nla divina verit, ed assicurava il legittimo stabilimento\r\ndella religione Cristiana. Furono aboliti gl'insidiosi\r\neditti di Giuliano, le immunit Ecclesiastiche furono\r\nrestituite ed ampliate; e Gioviano condiscese sino a\r\ndolersi, che le angustie de' tempi l'obbligassero a diminuir\r\nla dose delle caritatevoli distribuzioni[2]. I\r\n[7]\r\nCristiani eran tutti concordi nell'alto e sincero applauso,\r\nche davano al pio successor di Giuliano. Ma\r\ntuttavia ignoravano qual formula di fede o qual sinodo\r\navrebbe scelto per norma dell'ortodossia; e la\r\npace della Chiesa fece immediatamente risorgere le\r\nardenti dispute, che si eran sospese nel tempo della\r\npersecuzione. I Vescovi, capi delle Sette contrarie fra\r\nloro, convinti dall'esperienza, che la lor sorte moltissimo\r\ndipendeva dalle prime impressioni, che si sarebbero\r\nfatte nella mente d'un ignorante soldato, si\r\naffrettarono di giungere alla Corte d'Edessa o d'Antiochia.\r\nEran piene le pubbliche vie dell'Oriente di\r\nVescovi Omousj, Arriani, Semiarriani ed Eunomiani,\r\nche procuravano di sorpassarsi l'uno l'altro nella santa\r\ncarriera; gli appartamenti del palazzo risonavano\r\ndei loro clamori; e le orecchie del Principe venivano\r\nassalite, e forse rendute attonite pel singolar mescuglio\r\ndi argomenti metafisici e di appassionate invettive[3].\r\nLa moderazione di Gioviano, che raccomandava\r\nla concordia e la carit, e rimetteva i contendenti\r\nalla decisione d'un futuro Concilio, era interpretata\r\ncome un sintomo d'indifferenza; ma finalmente\r\nsi scopr e si dichiar il suo attaccamento alla fede\r\nNicena dalla riverenza ch'ei dimostr per le virt\r\ncelestiali del grande Atanasio[4]. L'intrepido veterano\r\n[8]\r\ndella fede, al primo avviso della morte del tiranno,\r\nera uscito all'et di settanta anni dal suo ritiro. Le\r\nacclamazioni del popolo un'altra volta lo collocarono\r\nsulla sede Archiepiscopale; ed egli saviamente accett\r\no prevenne l'invito di Gioviano. Il venerabile aspetto,\r\nil tranquillo coraggio, e l'insinuante eloquenza\r\nd'Atanasio sostennero la riputazione ch'erasi gi acquistato\r\nnelle Corti di quattro successivi Principi[5].\r\nTosto ch'egli ebbe guadagnato la confidenza, ed assicurata\r\nla fede del Cristiano Imperatore, torn in\r\ntrionfo alla propria Diocesi, e continu per altri dieci\r\nanni[6] a regolar con prudenti consigli e con instancabil\r\nvigore l'Ecclesiastico governo di Alessandria,\r\ndell'Egitto e della Chiesa Cattolica. Avanti di partire\r\nd'Antiochia, egli accert Gioviano, che l'ortodossa\r\n[9]\r\nsua devozione sarebbe stata premiata con un lungo\r\ne pacifico regno. Atanasio avea motivo di sperare,\r\nch'egli avrebbe ottenuto o il merito d'una predizione\r\nadempita, o la scusa d'una grata, quantunque inefficace\r\npreghiera[7].\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45219 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 26, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Italian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ Italian","offer_id":43221535555741,"sku":"gb-45219-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45219.jpg?v=1671605271"},{"product_id":"storia-della-decadenza-e-rovina-dell-impero-romano-volume-06-gb-45220","title":"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 06","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoria della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 06\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nCon Teodosio spir il genio di Roma, poich fu\r\nesso l'ultimo dei successori d'Augusto e di Costantino,\r\nche conducesse in campo gli eserciti e vedesse la sua\r\nautorit riconosciuta per tutta l'estensione dell'Impero.\r\nLa memoria per delle sue virt continu tuttavia a\r\ndifendere la debole ed inesperta et dei suoi figli. Dopo\r\nla morte del padre, Arcadio ed Onorio furono per\r\nunanime consenso del Mondo salutati come Imperatori\r\nlegittimi dell'Oriente e dell'Occidente; fu ardentemente\r\npreso il giuramento di fedelt da ogni ordine dello\r\nStato, dai Senati dell'antica e della nuova Roma, dal\r\n[6]\r\nClero, dai Magistrati, da' Soldati e dal Popolo. Arcadio,\r\nche in quel tempo aveva l'et di circa diciotto\r\nanni, era nato in Ispagna nell'umile abitazione di una\r\nprivata famiglia. Ma ricev un'educazione principesca\r\nnel Palazzo di Costantinopoli; e pass l'ignobil sua\r\nvita in quella pacifica e splendida sede della real dignit,\r\ndalla quale pareva che regnasse sulle Province\r\ndella Tracia, dell'Asia Minore, della Siria e dell'Egitto,\r\ndal Basso Danubio sino ai confini della Persia\r\ne dell'Etiopia. Onorio, fratello minore di lui, assunse,\r\nall'et d'undici anni, solo di nome il governo dell'Italia,\r\ndell'Affrica, della Gallia, della Spagna e della Britannia;\r\ne le truppe, che guardavano le frontiere del\r\nsuo regno, s'opponevano ai Caledonj da una parte,\r\ned ai Mori dall'altra. La grande e marzial Prefettura\r\ndell'Illirico rest divisa fra' due Principi: la difesa ed\r\nil possesso delle Province del Norico, della Pannonia\r\ne della Dalmazia sempre appartennero all'Impero Occidentale;\r\nma le due vaste Diocesi della Dacia e della\r\nMacedonia, che Graziano aveva affidate al valor di\r\nTeodosio, furono per sempre unite all'Impero d'Oriente.\r\nI loro confini in Europa non eran molto diversi da\r\nquelli che ora separano i Germani dai Turchi, ed in\r\nquest'ultima e permanente divisione del Romano Impero\r\nfurono ben bilanciati e compensati i rispettivi\r\nvantaggi del territorio, delle ricchezze, della popolazione\r\ne della forza militare. Parve che Io scettro ereditario\r\ndei figli di Teodosio fosse un dono della natura,\r\ne del padre loro; i Generali ed i Ministri erano\r\nassuefatti ad adorar la maest dei reali fanciulli; e\r\nl'esercito ed il popolo non erano avvertiti dei loro diritti\r\ne del lor potere dal pericoloso esempio di una\r\nrecente elezione. La scoperta, che appoco appoco si\r\n[7]\r\nfece della debolezza d'Arcadio o d'Onorio, e le replicate\r\ncalamit del lor Regno non furon bastanti a\r\ncancellare le profonde ed antiche impressioni della fedelt.\r\nI sudditi Romani, che sempre venerarono le\r\npersone, o piuttosto i nomi dei loro Principi, riguardarono\r\ncon uguale abborrimento i ribelli, che si opposero\r\nall'autorit del Trono, ed i ministri che ne\r\nabusarono.\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45220 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 26, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Italian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ Italian","offer_id":43221535654045,"sku":"gb-45220-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45220.jpg?v=1671605274"},{"product_id":"storia-della-decadenza-e-rovina-dell-impero-romano-volume-07-gb-45221","title":"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 07","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoria della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 07\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nL'inseparabile connessione degli affari civili ed\r\necclesiastici mi ha dato motivo ed aiuto a riferire il\r\nprogresso, le persecuzioni, lo stabilimento, le divisioni,\r\nil pieno trionfo e la successiva corruzione del Cristianesimo.\r\nMa ho differito o bella posta l'esame di\r\ndue religiosi avvenimenti, di conseguenza nello studio\r\ndella natura umana, ed importanti nella decadenza e\r\nrovina del Romano Impero, cio I. l'istituzione della\r\nvita monastica[1]; e II. la conversione de' Barbari\r\nSettentrionali.\r\n\n\n[6]\r\nI. La prosperit e la pace introdusse la distinzione\r\nfra' Cristiani volgari, e gli Ascetici[2]. La coscienza\r\ndella moltitudine si contentava d'una larga ed imperfetta\r\npratica di Religione. Il Principe o il Magistrato,\r\nil Soldato o il Mercante conciliarono il fervido loro\r\nzelo, e l'implicita fede loro coll'esercizio della propria\r\nprofessione, con la cura de' loro interessi, e colla condiscendenza\r\ndelle passioni: ma gli Ascetici, che volevan\r\nosservare i rigorosi precetti dell'Evangelo, e talvolta\r\nne abusavano, furono eccitati da quel selvaggio\r\nentusiasmo, che rappresenta l'uomo come un delinquente,\r\ne Dio come un tiranno. Essi rinunziarono\r\nseriamente agli affari, ed a' piaceri del secolo; rigettarono\r\nl'uso del vino, della carne e del matrimonio;\r\ngastigarono il proprio corpo, mortificarono le loro passioni,\r\ned abbracciarono una vita di miseria come un\r\nprezzo dell'eterna felicit. Nel tempo di Costantino\r\ngli Ascetici fuggivano da un Mondo profano e degenerato,\r\nad una perpetua solitudine o societ religiosa.\r\nCome i primi Cristiani di Gerusalemme[3] rinunziarono\r\n[7]\r\nl'uso o la propriet de' loro beni temporali; fondarono\r\ndelle comunit regolari di persone del medesimo\r\nsesso, e d'uniforme disposizione; e presero i nomi\r\nd'Eremiti, di Monaci e di Anacoreti, esprimenti la\r\nsolitaria lor vita in un deserto naturale, o artificiale.\r\nEssi acquistaron ben presto il rispetto del Mondo, che\r\ndisprezzavano; e si fece il pi alto applauso a questa\r\nDivina Filosofia[4], che sorpassava, senza l'aiuto della\r\nscienza o della ragione, le laboriose virt delle scuole\r\nGreche. In vero i Monaci potevan contendere con gli\r\nStoici nel disprezzo della fortuna, del dolore, e della\r\nmorte; si rinnov nella servile lor disciplina il silenzio,\r\ne la sommissione de' Pittagorici; e sdegnarono\r\ncon una fermezza uguale a quella de' Cinici stessi ogni\r\nformalit, e decenza della civil societ. Ma i seguaci\r\ndi tal divina filosofia aspiravano ad imitare un modello\r\npi puro, o pi perfetto. Seguitavano le vestigia\r\nde' Profeti, che si erano ritirati nel deserto[5]; e fecero\r\n[8]\r\nrisorgere la vita devota, e contemplativa, che si\r\nera introdotta dagli Esseni, nella Palestina e nell'Egitto.\r\nL'occhio filosofico di Plinio aveva osservato con sorpresa\r\nun Popolo solitario, che abitava fra le palme\r\nvicino al Mar Morto, che sussisteva senza danaro, si\r\npropagava senza donne, e traeva dal disgusto e dal\r\npentimento dell'uman genere, un perpetuo rinforzo di\r\nvolontari associati[6].\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45221 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 26, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Italian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ Italian","offer_id":43221535719581,"sku":"gb-45221-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45221.jpg?v=1671605277"},{"product_id":"storia-della-decadenza-e-rovina-dell-impero-romano-volume-08-gb-45222","title":"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 08","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoria della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 08\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nStato del Mondo Barbaro. Stabilimento dei Lombardi\r\nsul Danubio. Trib e scorrerie degli Schiavoni. Origine,\r\nimpero ed ambascerie dei Turchi. Fuga degli\r\nAvari. Cosroe I ossia Nushirvan re di Persia. Suo\r\nregno fortunato, e guerra coi Romani. La guerra\r\nColchica o Lazica. Gli Etiopi.\r\n\n\r\nLa nostra maniera di valutare il merito degl'individui\r\n relativa alle comuni facolt dell'uman genere.\r\nGli ambiziosi sforzi del genio o della virt, s nella\r\nvita operativa che nella speculativa, vengono misurati\r\nnon tanto secondo la real loro grandezza, quanto secondo\r\nl'altezza a cui giungono, sopra il livello del\r\nloro secolo e della lor patria: e quella stessa statura\r\nche fra un popolo di giganti non verrebbe avvertita,\r\nfra una schiatta di Pigmei apparir riguardevole. Leonida,\r\n[6]\r\ned i suoi trecento compagni sacrificarono la vita\r\nalle Termopili; ma l'educazione del fanciullo, dell'adolescente\r\ne dell'uomo avea preparato, e quasi assicurato\r\nquesto memorabil sacrifizio; ed ogni Spartano\r\ndovette approvare, piuttosto che ammirare un atto di\r\ndovere, di cui egli stesso, ed ottomila de' suoi concittadini\r\nsarebbero stati egualmente capaci[1]. Il Gran\r\nPompeo pot inscrivere sopra i suoi trofei, che vinto\r\negli avea in battaglia due milioni di nemici, e sottomesso\r\nmille cinquecento citt dalla Palude Meotide\r\nsino al Mar Rosso[2]. Ma la fortuna di Roma volava\r\ndinanzi alle sue aquile; le nazioni erano domate\r\ndal loro proprio terrore, e le invincibili legioni che\r\negli comandava erano state formate dalla consuetudine\r\ndella conquista e dalla disciplina dei secoli. Riguardato\r\nda questo canto il carattere di Belisario pu meritamente\r\nesser posto al di sopra degli Eroi delle antiche\r\nRepubbliche. Nascevano le sue imperfezioni dal\r\ncontagio dei tempi; proprie di lui e libero dono della\r\nnatura e della riflessione erano le sue virt. Egli s'inalz\r\nsenza maestro o rivale; e cos disuguali erano le armi\r\ncommesse alla sua destra, che l'orgoglio e la presunzione\r\n[7]\r\nde' suoi avversari formavano il suo solo vantaggio.\r\nCondotti da un tal Capo, i sudditi di Giustiniano\r\nspesso meritarono di esser chiamati Romani:\r\nnon pertanto i superbi Goti, che affettavano di arrossire\r\nnel dover contendere il Regno d'Italia, con una\r\nnazione di tragedianti, di pantomimi e di pirati, li denominavano\r\nGreci, quasi termine di disprezzo con\r\nche significar credevano un animo imbelle[3]. Il clima\r\ndell'Asia, a dir vero,  meno di quello d'Europa\r\nconfacente alla militare virt: quelle popolose contrade\r\nerano snervate dal lusso, dal dispotismo e dalla superstizione;\r\ned i monaci costavano davvantaggio ed erano\r\npi numerosi che i soldati dell'Oriente. Le forze regolari\r\ndell'Impero si erano altre volte alzate sino a\r\nsei cento quarantacinquemila uomini: al tempo di Giustiniano\r\nesse eransi ridotte a cento cinquantamila uomini,\r\ne questo numero, per grande che possa parere,\r\nera sparso qua e l per terra e per mare, nella\r\nSpagna e nell'Italia, nell'Affrica e nell'Egitto, sulle\r\nrive del Danubio, sulla costa dell'Eusino e sulle frontiere\r\ndella Persia. Esausti erano i cittadini, eppure i\r\nsoldati non ricevevano la paga; la miseria loro veniva\r\ndannosamente mitigata dal privilegio di rubare e di\r\nfar nulla; ed i tardivi pagamenti venivano trattenuti\r\nod intercettati dalla frode di quegli agenti che, senza\r\ncoraggio o pericolo, si usurpano gli emolumenti della\r\nguerra. La miseria pubblica e privata reclutava gli\r\n[8]\r\neserciti dello Stato; ma nel campo, e pi ancora al\r\ncospetto dell'inimico, sempre difettoso era il lor numero.\r\nAlla mancanza dello spirito nazionale si suppliva\r\ncolla precaria fede e coll'indisciplinato servizio\r\ndei Barbari mercenari. Persino l'onor militare, che\r\nsovente sopravvive alla perdita della virt e della libert,\r\ngiacevasi quasi estinto del tutto. I generali, moltiplicati\r\nal di l dell'esempio dei tempi antichi, non\r\nattendevano che ad impedire il buon successo, od a\r\nmacchiare la fama de' loro colleghi; e l'esperienza aveva\r\nloro insegnato che se il merito alle volte provocava\r\nla gelosia; l'errore, od anche il delitto poteva\r\nottenere l'indulgenza di un Imperatore clemente[4].\r\nIn un secolo come quello, i trionfi di Belisario, e poi\r\nquelli di Narsete dovettero spiccare di incomparabil\r\nluce; ma essi erano circondati dalle pi cupe ombre\r\ndella disgrazia e della calamit. Nel mentre che il\r\nLuogotenente di Giustiniano soggiogava i regni dei\r\nGoti e dei Vandali, il timido[5] bench ambizioso\r\nImperatore equilibrava le forze dei Barbari, ne fomentava\r\nle divisioni mediante l'adulazione e la menzogna,\r\ne colla sua pazienza e liberalit pareva invitarli\r\na replicare gli oltraggi[6]. Le chiavi di Cartagine,\r\ndi Roma e di Ravenna, venivano ossequiosamente presentate\r\n[9]\r\nal loro conquistatore, nel tempo che Antiochia\r\nera distrutta dai Persiani, e tremava Giustiniano\r\nper la salvezza di Costantinopoli.\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45222 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 26, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Italian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ Italian","offer_id":43221535785117,"sku":"gb-45222-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45222.jpg?v=1671605280"},{"product_id":"storia-della-decadenza-e-rovina-dell-impero-romano-volume-09-gb-45223","title":"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 09","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoria della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 09\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nStoria Teologica della dottrina dell'Incarnazione.\r\nNatura umana e divina di Ges Cristo. Inimicizia\r\ntra i Patriarchi d'Alessandria e di Costantinopoli,\r\nS. Cirillo e Nestorio. Terzo Concilio generale tenuto\r\nin Efeso. Eresia d'Eutiche. Quarto Concilio\r\ngenerale tenuto in Calcedonia. Discordia civile ed\r\necclesiastica. Intolleranza di Giustiniano. I tre Capitoli.\r\nControversia dei Monoteliti. Sette dell'Oriente:\r\nprima i Nestoriani, seconda i Giacobiti, terza\r\ni Maroniti, quarta gli Arminiani, quinta i Cofti\r\ne gli Abissini.\n\n\r\nDopo avere i Cristiani distrutto il Paganesimo ben\r\npoteano godersi in santa pace un trionfo che liberati\r\nli avea da tutti gli avversari; ma un seme di\r\ndiscordia germogliava nel loro seno[1]; quindi furono\r\n[6]\r\npi ardenti a cercar la natura del Fondator della Religione,\r\nche a porne in pratica le leggi[2]. Ho di\r\ngi osservato che alle dispute sulla Trinit tennero\r\ndietro quelle dell'Incarnazione, scandalose del pari\r\nper la Chiesa; del pari funeste allo Stato, ma pi\r\nminuziose ancora in origine e pi durevoli negli\r\neffetti. Questo capitolo narrer una guerra religiosa\r\ndi dugento cinquant'anni, ed ho intenzione di esporre\r\nqual fu lo scisma ecclesiastico e politico delle Sette\r\n[7]\r\nd'Oriente, e di preparare la storia delle contese loro\r\ntanto romorose e sanguinarie, premettendo brevi\r\nricerche sulla dottrina della Chiesa primitiva[3].\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45223 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 26, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Italian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ Italian","offer_id":43221535883421,"sku":"gb-45223-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45223.jpg?v=1671605283"},{"product_id":"storia-della-decadenza-e-rovina-dell-impero-romano-volume-10-gb-45224","title":"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 10","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoria della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 10\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nDescrizione dell'Arabia e de' suoi abitatori. Nascita,\r\ncarattere e dottrina di Maometto. Predica alla\r\nMecca. Fugge a Medina. Propaga la sua religione\r\ncolla spada. Sommessione volontaria o sforzata degli\r\nArabi. Sua morte, e suoi successori. Pretensioni\r\ne trionfi d'Al e de' suoi discendenti.\n\n\r\nDopo avere per pi di sei secoli tenuto dietro\r\nai vacillanti sovrani di Costantinopoli e della Germania,\r\nora risalendo all'epoca del regno d'Eraclio,\r\nmi trasferir sulla frontiera orientale della monarchia\r\ngreca. Mentre lo Stato s'impoveriva colla guerra\r\ndi Persia, e straziata era la Chiesa dalla Setta di\r\nNestorio e da quella dei Monofisiti, Maometto, colla\r\nspada in una mano e coll'Alcorano nell'altra, fondava\r\nil suo trono sulle ruine del Cristianesimo e di\r\n[6]\r\nRoma. I talenti del Profeta arabo, i costumi del suo\r\npopolo e lo spirito della sua religione sono tra le\r\ncagioni che hanno operato il decadimento e l'ultimo\r\ncrollo dell'impero d'Oriente; e la rivoluzione che\r\nne segu, e che si pu noverare fra le pi memorabili\r\nche impressero nelle varie nazioni del Globo un\r\ncarattere nuovo e permanente, ci presenter uno\r\nspettacolo ben degno de' nostri sguardi[1].\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45224 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 26, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Italian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ Italian","offer_id":43221535948957,"sku":"gb-45224-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45224.jpg?v=1671605286"},{"product_id":"storia-della-decadenza-e-rovina-dell-impero-romano-volume-11-gb-45225","title":"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 11","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoria della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nIl Cristianesimo avea presa l'indole delle nazioni\r\npresso le quali a mano a mano allign. I nativi\r\ndella Sora e dell'Egitto all'indolenza di una divozione\r\ncontemplativa si abbandonavano: Roma cristiana\r\nvolea tuttavia governar l'Universo; mentre,\r\ndiscussioni di teologia metafisica, occupavano lo spirito\r\ne la loquacit de' popoli della Grecia. In vece\r\ndi adorar silenziosi gl'incomprensibili misteri della\r\nTrinit, o della Incarnazione, si diedero ad agitare\r\ncon calore sottili controversie che dilatarono la loro\r\n[6]\r\nFede, a scapito forse della carit, e della ragione[1].\r\nIncominciando dai giorni del Concilio di Nicea, e\r\nvenendo sino alla fine del settimo secolo, le guerre\r\nspirituali turbarono la pace e l'unit della Chiesa;\r\ne tanto operarono sulla decadenza, e la rovina dell'Impero\r\nche tale circostanza mi ha anche troppo\r\nspesso costretto a tener dietro ai Concilj, ad esaminare\r\ni simboli, ad enumerare le Sette di questo\r\nburrascoso periodo degli ecclesiastici Annali. Dopo lo\r\nincominciamento dell'ottavo secolo, e fino agli ultimi\r\ngiorni dell'Impero di Costantinopoli, il rumore\r\ndelle controversie si fece udir pi di rado. Sazia\r\nera la curiosit, stanco lo zelo, e i decreti di sei\r\nConcilj aveano immutabilmente determinati gli articoli\r\ndel Simbolo cattolico. Lo spirito della disputa,\r\ncomunque frivolo e pernicioso esser si possa, abbisogna\r\nalmeno di una certa energia, e tiene operose\r\nalcune facolt intellettuali; ma i Greci avviliti si\r\ncontentavano, in que' giorni, di digiunare, di orare,\r\ne di obbedir ciecamente al loro Patriarca, e al loro\r\nclero. La Vergine, e i Santi, le reliquie e le immagini,\r\ni miracoli e le visioni, divennero il solo argomento\r\ndelle prediche de' frati e della divozione del\r\npopolo; e sotto nome di popolo possiamo qui senza\r\n[7]\r\ningiustizia comprendere le classi primarie della societ.\r\nGl'Imperatori della Isaurica dinastia che si\r\naccinsero a scotere da questo letargo i loro sudditi,\r\nscelsero cattivo istante, e temperamenti aspri anzi\r\nche no; e se anche la ragione fece in quel tempo\r\nalcuni proseliti[2], molto maggior numero l'interesse,\r\no il timore ne soggiog: ma l'Oriente difese,\r\no sospir le sue Immagini un'altra volta, e la loro\r\nrestaurazione, qual festa trionfale, dell'Ortodossia fu\r\ncelebrata: in tai giorni di sommessione passiva e uniforme,\r\ni Capi della Chiesa si trovarono sciolti dalle\r\nmolestie, o vogliam dire, privi dei diletti della superstizione.\r\nSpariti erano i Pagani; nel silenzio e\r\nnella oscurit giaceansi gli Ebrei: le dispute coi\r\nLatini, divenute meno frequenti, si riduceano a lontane\r\nostilit contra un nazionale nemico, intanto\r\nche le Sette dell'Egitto, e della Sora godevano i\r\nvantaggi della tolleranza all'ombra dell'arabo califfato[3].\r\nVerso la met del settimo secolo, la tirannide\r\nspirituale elesse a vittime i Paoliziani[4], la\r\n[8]\r\ndottrina de' quali  un ramo di Manicheismo; e\r\nridotta a stremo la loro pazienza, e spinti alla disperazione\r\nche li fece ribelli, si sparsero nell'Occidente,\r\nove per ogni banda i germi della Riforma\r\ndiffusero. Siami permesso, attesa l'importanza di\r\ntali avvenimenti, l'entrare in alcune particolarit\r\nsulle dottrine e la storia de' Paoliziani[5]; e poich\r\nquesti non sono in istato pi di difendersi, mi sia\r\nparimente lecito, per servire alla imparzialit, e alla\r\nbuona fede, il mettere in aperto tutto il bene, l'attenuare\r\nil male che gli avversarj loro ne dissero.\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45225 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 26, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Italian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ Italian","offer_id":43221535981725,"sku":"gb-45225-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45225.jpg?v=1671605289"},{"product_id":"storia-della-decadenza-e-rovina-dell-impero-romano-volume-12-gb-45226","title":"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 12","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoria della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 12\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nScisma de' Greci e de' Latini. Stato di Costantinopoli.\r\nRibellione de' Bulgari. Isacco l'Angelo scacciato\r\ndal trono per opera del suo fratello Alessio.\r\nOrigine della quarta Crociata. I Francesi e i Veneziani\r\ncollegati col figlio d'Isacco. Spedizione navale\r\na Costantinopoli. I due assedj, e resa della\r\ncitt caduta in mano de' Latini.\n\n\r\nLo scisma delle Chiese greca e latina segu d'appresso\r\nla restaurazione dell'Impero d'Occidente da\r\nCarlomagno operata[1]. Una nimist nazionale e religiosa\r\ntiene tuttavia disgiunte le due pi numerose\r\n[6]\r\ncomunioni del mondo Cristiano; e lo Scisma di Costantinopoli,\r\ninimicando i pi utili confederati, irritando\r\ni pi pericolosi nemici, l'invilimento e la\r\ncaduta dell'Impero romano d'Oriente affrett.\r\n\n\r\nPi d'una volta, e manifestamente,  apparsa nel\r\ncorso di questa Storia l'avversione de' Greci contra\r\ni Latini. Stata erane prima origine l'odio che i secondi\r\nportavano alla servit, odio vie pi acceso, dopo\r\nil regno di Costantino, dall'orgoglio della eguaglianza\r\ne dall'ambizione del dominio, e invelenito in\r\nappresso dalla preferenza che alcuni sudditi ribelli\r\naveano data alla lega de' Franchi. In tutti i tempi,\r\ni Greci si mostrarono vanagloriosi di primeggiare per\r\nla loro erudizione religiosa e profana. Primi di fatto\r\nnel ricevere i lumi del Cristianesimo i Greci, nel seno\r\ndi lor nazioni i decreti di sette Concilj generali vennero\r\npronunziati[2]. La lingua de' medesimi era quella\r\ndella Santa Scrittura e della filosofia; nei popoli\r\nbarbari,[3] immersi nelle tenebre\r\n[7]\r\ndell'Occidente[4], doveano a loro avviso, arrogarsi il diritto di discutere\r\nle quistioni misteriose della teologica scienza.\r\nMa questi Barbari, a lor volta, l'incostanza e le sottigliezze\r\ndegli Orientali, autori di tutte le eresie, disprezzavano;\r\ne benedivano la propria ignoranza che\r\ndi seguire con docilit la tradizione della Chiesa\r\nAppostolica si appagava. Ci nulla meno nel settimo\r\nsecolo, i Sinodi di Spagna, e quelli indi di Francia,\r\nportarono a miglior perfezione, o corruppero[5] il\r\nSimbolo di Nicea intorno al mistero della terza persona\r\ndella Trinit[6]. Nelle lunghe controversie dell'Oriente\r\nera stata scrupolosamente definita la natura e\r\nla generazione di Ges Cristo; e i naturali modi\r\n[8]\r\nper cui un figlio deriva dal padre sembravano offrire\r\nalla mente qualche debole immagine di un tale mistero.\r\nMa l'idea di nascita parea men confacevole\r\nallo Spirito Santo, che invece di un dono o di un\r\nattributo divino, veniva considerato dai Cattolici come\r\nuna sostanza, una persona, un Dio. Comunque\r\nnon generato, secondo lo stile ortodosso per, procedea.\r\nProcedeva egli solo dal padre, o fors'anche\r\ndal figlio? Ovvero dal padre e dal figlio? I Greci la\r\nprima di queste opinioni ammettevano, i Latini si\r\nchiarirono per la seconda; e l'aggiunta della parola\r\nfilioque[7] fatta al Simbolo di Nicea accese la discordia\r\nfra le Chiese Gallicana e Orientale. Nei principj di una\r\ntal controversia i Pontefici Romani fecero mostra di\r\nserbare la neutralit ed un animo moderato[8]. Condannavano\r\n[9]\r\nla novit, e nondimeno all'opinione delle\r\nnazioni transalpine si mostraron propensi. Parea lor desiderio\r\nil coprire questa inutil ricerca col manto del silenzio\r\ne della carit; onde nella corrispondenza fra Carlomagno\r\ne Leone III, vediamo il Pontefice tener linguaggio\r\ndi assennato politico, il Monarca abbandonarsi\r\nalle passioni e alle massime pregiudicate d'un\r\n[10]\r\nprete[9]. Ma i principi ortodossi di Roma agl'impulsi\r\ndella sua temporale politica naturalmente cedettero;\r\ne il filioque che Leone desiderava cancellato[10],\r\nvenne aggiunto nel Simbolo e cantato nella Liturgia\r\ndel Vaticano. I simboli di Nicea e di S. Atanasio\r\nfurono d'allora in poi riguardati come parte\r\ndella Fede cattolica, indispensabilmente necessaria all'eterna\r\nsalute, e tutti i Cristiani d'Occidente, sieno\r\nRomani, sieno Protestanti, percossi dagli anatemi dei\r\nGreci, li restituiscono a chiunque ricusa credere che\r\nlo Spirito Santo procede, cos dal padre come dal\r\nfiglio. Tali articoli di fede non lasciano possibilit\r\nd'accomodamento; bens le regole di disciplina, nelle\r\nchiese lontane e independenti, a variazioni debbono\r\n[11]\r\nsoggiacere: e perfin la ragion de' Teologi potrebbe\r\nconfessare che tai differenze sono inevitabili e di\r\npoca entit. Sia effetto di politica o di superstizione,\r\nRoma ha imposto a' suoi preti e diaconi il rigoroso\r\nobbligo del celibato. Questo, appo i Greci, non\r\nsi estende che ai Vescovi ai quali la lor dignit\r\noffre il compenso di una privazione, fatta anche\r\nmen sensibile per essi dagli anni. Il Clero parrocchiale,\r\ni Papassi, godono del consorzio della moglie\r\nche prima di assumere gli Ordini Sacri sposarono.\r\nNell'undicesimo secolo, fu agitata con calore una quistione\r\nche riferivasi agli Azzimi, pretendendosi che\r\nl'essenza della Eucaristia dependesse dall'uso del pane\r\ncol lievito o senza lievito. Mi  egli lecito in una\r\nstoria grave il narrare i rimproveri che venivano furiosamente\r\nscagliati contro i Latini, i quali lungo tempo\r\nrimasero sulla difensiva?  Essi trascuravano di osservare\r\nil decreto appostolico che proibisce il nudrirsi di\r\nsangue d'animali, o di questi animali stessi affogati\r\no strozzati: praticavano ogni sabbato il digiuno mosaico;\r\npermetteano nella prima settimana di quaresima\r\nl'uso del formaggio e del latte[11]; si concedeva\r\nai monaci infermi il mangiar carne; il grasso\r\ndegli animali, talvolta alla mancanza d'olio suppliva;\r\nriserbavasi all'Ordine episcopale l'amministrazione\r\n[12]\r\ndella Santa Cresima, o dell'unzione battesimale.\r\nI Vescovi portavano al dito un anello, come sposi\r\nspirituali della loro Chiesa; i preti si radevano la barba,\r\ne battezzavano con una semplice immersione; tai\r\nsono i delitti che infiammarono lo zelo dei Patriarchi\r\ndi Costantinopoli, e de' quali collo stesso fervore\r\ni dottori latini cercavano di scolparsi[12].\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45226 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 26, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Italian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ Italian","offer_id":43221536080029,"sku":"gb-45226-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45226.jpg?v=1671605293"},{"product_id":"storia-della-decadenza-e-rovina-dell-impero-romano-volume-13-gb-45227","title":"Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 13","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStoria della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nUn Greco eloquente, padre delle scuole dell'Italia,\r\nha paragonate fra loro e celebrate le citt di\r\nRoma e di Costantinopoli[1]. Il sentimento che Manuele\r\n[6]\r\nCrisogoras prov alla vista dell'antica Capitale\r\ndel Mondo, sede de' suoi antenati, super tutte le\r\nidee che egli avea potuto da prima formarsene; n\r\nbiasim d'indi in poi l'antico sofista che esclamava\r\nessere Roma un soggiorno non fatto per gli uomini,\r\nma per gli Dei. Questi Dei e quegli uomini erano\r\nspariti da lungo tempo; ma un entusiasmo eccitato\r\nda nobili ricordanze trovava nella maest delle rovine\r\ndi Roma l'immagine della sua antica prosperit.\r\nI monumenti de' Consoli e de' Cesari, de' Martiri\r\ne degli Appostoli, eccitavano per ogni lato la\r\ncuriosit del filosofo e del cristiano. Manuele confess,\r\nche l'armi e la religione di Roma erano state\r\npredestinate a regnar sempre nell'Universo; ma questa\r\nvenerazione che gl'inspiravano le auguste bellezze\r\ndella madre patria, nol fecero dimentico della\r\npi leggiadra fra le sue figlie, della Metropoli nel\r\ncui seno era nato. Mosso da fervor patrio e da sentimento\r\ndi verit il celebre Bizantino, esalta con uno\r\nstile condegno i vantaggi naturali ed eterni di Costantinopoli,\r\nmagnificando poi ancora i men saldi\r\nmonumenti della potenza e dell'arti che l'aveano abbellita.\r\nMa in questa seconda parte, osserva modestamente\r\nche la perfezione della copia ridonda a maggior\r\ngloria dell'originale, e che  un contento ai genitori\r\nil vedersi rinnovellati e perfin superati dai proprj figli.\r\nCostantinopoli, dice l'Oratore,  situata sopra di\r\nuna collina tra l'Europa e l'Asia, tra l'Arcipelago\r\ne il Mar Nero. Essa congiunge, a comune vantaggio\r\ndelle nazioni, due mari e due continenti, tenendo a\r\nsuo grado aperte, o chiuse le porte del commercio\r\ndel Mondo. Il porto di essa, cinto da ogni banda\r\ndal continente e dal mare,  il pi vasto e sicuro\r\n[7]\r\nfra tutti i porti dell'Universo. Le porte e le mura\r\ndi Costantinopoli possono essere paragonate a quelle\r\ndi Babilonia. Alte, numerose e saldissime ne sono le\r\ntorri; il secondo muro, o l'esterna fortificazione,\r\nbasterebbe alla difesa e alla maest di una Capitale\r\nmen rilevante, e potendosi introdurre nelle sue fosse\r\nuna grossa e rapida corrente,  lecito chiamarla un'isola\r\nartificiale, atta ad essere alternativamente circondata\r\nsiccome Atene[2] dalla terra e dalle acque.\r\nVengono citate due cagioni che naturalmente, e con\r\nefficacia, dovettero contribuire a far perfetto il disegno\r\ndella nuova Roma. Il Principe che ne fu il fondatore,\r\ncome quegli che comandava alle pi illustri nazioni\r\ndel Mondo, fece servire con vantaggio alla esecuzione\r\nde' suoi divisamenti le scienze e le arti della\r\nGrecia, e la potenza di Roma. Nella maggior parte\r\ndell'altre citt, la grandezza loro fu proporzionata\r\nai tempi e agli avvenimenti, onde in mezzo ai pregi\r\ndelle medesime, scorgesi una mescolanza di disordine\r\ne di deformit; gli abitanti, affezionati al paese\r\nove nacquero, n vorrebbero abbandonarlo, n possono\r\ncorreggere i vizj del secolo o del clima, n gli\r\nerrori de' loro antenati. Ma il disegno di Costantinopoli\r\ne la sua esecuzione furono l'opera libera di\r\nuna sola mente, e a questo primitivo modello apportarono\r\nperfezione lo zelo obbediente de' sudditi e il\r\n[8]\r\nfervore de' successori di Costantino. A questa grande\r\nfabbrica somministrarono i marmi le isole addiacenti\r\nche ne erano provvedutissime; gli altri materiali\r\nvennero trasportati dal fondo dell'Europa e dell'Asia;\r\nla costruzione de' pubblici e de' privati edifizj,\r\nde' palagi, delle chiese, degli acquedotti, delle cisterne,\r\nde' portici, delle colonne, de' bagni, e degli\r\nippodromi, corrispose nelle dimensioni alla grandezza\r\ndella Capitale dell'Oriente. Il superfluo delle ricchezze\r\ndella citt si sparse lungo le rive dell'Europa\r\ne dell'Asia; onde i dintorni di Bisanzo fino all'Eussino,\r\nall'Ellesponto e al gran Muraglione somigliano\r\nad un popolato sobborgo, o ad una serie continuata\r\ndi giardini. In questa seducente pittura, il\r\ndescrittore confonde con oratoria destrezza il passato\r\ne il presente, i giorni della prosperit e quelli\r\ndello scadimento; ma la verit sfuggendogli, quasi a\r\nsua non saputa, dal labbro, sospirando confessa che\r\nla sua misera patria non  pi altro se non se l'ombra\r\no il sepolcro della superba Bisanzo. Le antiche\r\nopere di scoltura erano state sformate del cieco zelo\r\nde' Cristiani, o dalla violenza de' Barbari. I pi\r\nbelli edifizj demoliti; arsi i preziosi marmi di Paro\r\no della Numidia per farne calce, o convertiti in trivialissimi\r\nusi. Un nudo piedistallo indicava il luogo\r\nove sorsero le statue pi rinomate: n poteano in\r\ngran parte giudicarsi le dimensioni delle colonne che\r\ndai rimasugli di qualche infranto capitello. Dispersi\r\nvedeansi sul suolo i frantumi delle tombe degl'Imperatori;\r\ne i turbini e i tremuoti avevano aiutato\r\nil tempo in queste opere di distruzione; intanto che\r\nuna volgar tradizione ornavano i vti intervalli di\r\nmonumenti favolosi d'oro o d'argento. Per Manuele\r\n[9]\r\neccettua da queste meraviglie, che non aveano esistenza\r\nse non se nella memoria degli uomini, o forse\r\nanche non l'ebbero che nella loro immaginazione,\r\nil pilastro di porfido, le colonne e il colosso di\r\nGiustiniano[3], la chiesa e soprattutto la cupola di\r\nS. Sofia, con cui termina convenevolmente il suo quadro,\r\npoich, non possono, dic'egli esserne in assai\r\ndegno modo descritte le bellezze, ned  lecito\r\nnomar altri monumenti dopo avere favellato di questa.\r\nEgli per dimentica di notare che, nel secolo\r\nprecedente, i fondamenti del colosso e della chiesa\r\nerano stati sostenuti e riparati per le solerti cure\r\ndi Andronico il Vecchio. Trent'anni dopo che questo\r\nImperatore si era creduto affortificare il Tempio\r\ndi S. Sofia con due nuovi puntelli o piramidi, croll\r\nd'improvviso l'emisfero orientale della cupola; le\r\nimmagini, gli altari e il Santuario rimasero sepolti\r\nsotto le rovine; ma in breve questo guasto fu riparato,\r\nperch i cittadini di tutte le classi lavorarono\r\ncon perseveranza a far disparire i rottami, e i meschini\r\navanzi delle loro ricchezze e della loro industria\r\nandarono impiegati a rifabbricare il pi magnifico\r\ne venerabile Tempio dell'Oriente[4].\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45227 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 26, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Italian \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Bertolotti, Davide, 1784-1860 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ Italian","offer_id":43221536178333,"sku":"gb-45227-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45227.jpg?v=1671605296"},{"product_id":"history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire-gb-48762","title":"History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDOUBLE CLICK ON THE \"More Files\" OPTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PG CATALOG\n\nPAGE LISTING TO FIND THE \"Files\" DIRECTORY. DOUBLE CLICK ON THIS TO OPEN\n\nTHE DIRECTORY OF THE AUDIO FILES.\n\nLet me say at the outset that those who expect this complete audio\nrendering of Gibbon's historical and literary masterpiece to be\nan epitome of perfect, pear-shaped, dropped -\"r\" Oxbridge English\nmay be disappointed.  I believe there is such an \"audiobook\"\nedition available commercially, but it isn't free.  Experimenting\nsome years ago with the text-to-speech software then available, I\nthought it would be very funny, the private joke of a modern American\nbarbarian, to have the \"little stuffed voices\" rendering, in their\ninnocent and patient way, the imposing yet effervescent bulk of\nGibbon's magnificent and immortal marble-pillared prose.  To my\namazement, if not to the credit of my taste, I've found this shotgun\nwedding of sound and sense quite harmonious, vital, and durable\nthrough many years of repeated listening.  I find that the voices,\nunembodied and wooden at first audit, but softer, incarnate,\npersonalized by acclimatization, pack more expression and clarity\nof diction into a few megabytes of software than is exhibited by\nmost humans I hear these days, except for trained entertainment\nprofessionals and seasoned barroom raconteurs.  I propose that the\nrelentless yet measured deadpan delivery, the ironic contrast of\nunwitting voice and worldly wise content, is a plausible fit to the\nobjective, slightly distant facade of Gibbon's dense and rational,\nwaste-no-word, 18th century style; a foil to his balanced tone,\nrestrained despite dudgeon, covering a tale that is, face it, in its\nmajority, a mordant chronicle, incarnadinedmy favorite period\nbon motby battle, gore, and treachery. Of itself Gibbon's voluminous\ntragedythe framework imposed by historians of his timeallows\nus only the occasional adrenal or comic relief by means of an essay\non the basics of Roman jurisprudence, the topography of Arabia, or\nthe absurdities and impossibilities of early Christian theology,\nnot to mention the priceless vituperation against the \"Greeks\" at\nthe end of Chapter 53.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 48762 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gibbon, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Apr 22, 2015 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gibbon, Edward,1737-1794 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43221829419165,"sku":"gb-48762-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/bookcover_25310c4d-c5d4-4d7a-a1cb-1efd1f600637.jpg?v=1671618503"},{"product_id":"the-destruction-of-the-greek-empire-and-the-story-of-the-capture-of-constantinople-by-the-turks-gb-58119","title":"The Destruction of the Greek Empire and the Story of the Capture of Constantinople by the Turks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Destruction of the Greek Empire and the Story of the Capture of Constantinople by the Turks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy object in writing this book is to give an account of the\r\ncapture of Constantinople and the destruction of the Greek\r\nempire. In order to make the story intelligible and to\r\nexplain its significance I have given a summary of the\r\nhistory of the empire between the Latin conquest in 1204\r\nand the capture of the city in 1453, and have traced the\r\nprogress during the same period of the race which succeeded\r\nin destroying the empire and in replacing the Greeks as\r\nthe possessors of New Rome.\nIt may be objected that the task which I have set before\r\nme has already been accomplished by Gibbon, and that, as\r\nhis chapter on the last siege of the city is carefully compiled\r\nand written with a brilliancy of style which he has nowhere\r\nsurpassed, there is no need for any further study of the\r\nsubject. My answer is twofold: first, that an important\r\nmass of new material is now at the disposal of any one who\r\nwishes to retell the story, and second, that Gibbon told it\r\nwith a bias which makes it desirable that it should be retold.\nThe historian of the Decline and Fall had less than\r\nhalf the material before him which is now available, and the\r\nstory of the siege deserves telling with more accuracy and\r\ncompleteness than either the authorities available to him or\r\nthe scope of his monumental work permitted. It is true\r\nthat Professor J. B. Bury, the latest editor of Gibbon, has,\r\nby the aid of scholarly notes and of careful research, enabled\r\nthe reader to become possessed of many of the details\r\nvi\r\nregarding the siege which have recently become known, but\r\nhe would be the first to admit that there is ample room for\r\na fuller history of the siege than that given in the Decline\r\nand Fall even with the aid of his valuable notes.1 Gibbon\r\nhimself regretted the poverty of his materials and especially\r\nthat he had not been able to obtain any Turkish accounts\r\nof the siege.2 The only eye-witnesses whose narratives\r\nwere before him were Phrantzes, Archbishop Leonard, and\r\nCardinal Isidore. If we add to their narratives the accounts\r\ngiven by Ducas and Chalcondylas together with what Gibbon\r\nhimself calls short hints of Cantemir and Leunclavius, we\r\nhave substantially all the sources of information which were\r\navailable when the Decline and Fall was written.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 58119 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Pears, Edwin \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Oct 17, 2018 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Pears, Edwin,1835-1919 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43240835940509,"sku":"gb-58119-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/58119.jpg?v=1672507009"},{"product_id":"the-empresses-of-constantinople-gb-60938","title":"The Empresses of Constantinople","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Empresses of Constantinople\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn concluding an earlier volume on the mistresses of\nthe western Roman Empire I observed that, as the\ngallery of fair and frail ladies closed, we stood at\nthe door of the long, quaint gallery of the Byzantine\nEmpresses. It seemed natural and desirable to pass on\nto this more interesting and less familiar series of the\nmistresses of the eastern Roman Empire, and the present\nvolume will therefore tell the story of the Empresses, or\nQueens, as they preferred to be called, who occupied the\nthrone set up by Constantine in New Rome, or ancient\nByzantium, until the victorious Turk thrust it disdainfully\naside to make way for his more spacious harem.\nThe eastern or Byzantine Empire has long been\nregarded in Europe as a world of far less interest than\nthat which centred on the banks of the Tiber: a world\nof monotonous piety and little adventure or spirit, almost\nChinese in its placid and unchanging adherence to traditional\nand very conventional forms. One is tempted to\nattribute this error, not merely to the longer concealment\nof Byzantine antiquities from our fathers and the superior\nattractiveness of Italy, but, in some measure, to the\ndisproportion of Gibbons work. By the time the great\nhistorian has advanced only one or two centuries in the\nlife of the East he finds that the superb generosity of his\nplan has committed him to an unachievable task, and he\nbegins to compress whole chapters of the most vivid\nand adventurous history into a few disdainful pages;\nand as Finlay, the proper historian of the Greek civilization,\nnot only lacks the charm which draws each generavition\nwith fresh wonder to the volumes of Gibbon, but\nshares and expresses the same disdain for his subject,\nhis work has not tended to redeem the Byzantine Empire\nfrom neglect. Of late years there has been some quickening\nof interest in the eastern Empire. Professor Bury\nin this country,1 M. Diehl in France, Schlumberger in\nGermany, and other historians, have done much to draw\nattention to the extraordinary interest and the very lively\ncharacter of Byzantine life.\nWhen we confine our attention, as we do in this\nvolume, to the Court life and the personality of the\nimperial women, the interest rises to the pitch of\nromance, and is often sustained at that height for many\nchapters. Few Courts in the world have, in their\nthousand years of history, witnessed so much adventure,\nintrigue, comedy and tragedy, as that of the Byzantine\nEmpresses. From all quarters of the Empire, in the\nmost varied ways, all sorts of women, from princesses\nto village girls, tavern girls or circus girls, make their\nway to the bronze-roofed palace and wear for a season\nthe prodigious jewels and the glittering robes of an\nEmpress of Constantinople; and, as there is no law or\nmethod of succession to the throne, the rise and fall of\nEmperors and Empresses gives a dramatic movement to\nthe story. The notion that the eastern Empresses are\nenwrapped in a rigid piety and formalism, as they are\nin their stiff tunics of gold-cloth, is a ludicrous mistake.\nTheir piety is usually external and superficial, and often\nthey make not the least pretence of it; while, even whenvii\nit is obviously sincere, it is associated with a skill in\ncasuistry which allows a free play of their ambitions,\ntheir passions, and even their criminal impulses. Indeed,\nit is only fair to say at the outset that if a reader passes\nfrom the gallery of the pagan Empresses into that\nof the Empresses of Constantinople in the hope of\nencountering more restful, more virtuous and more\ndomestic types of womanhood, he will be grievously\ndisappointed. We may not find a Messalina among\nthem, but irregularity of life is more evenly distributed\nthan among the Roman Empresses, ambition and intrigue\nare far more cultivated, and there is a strain\nof barbaric cruelty running through the greater part of\nthe story which it would have been more pleasant, had\nit been consistent with truthfulness, to omit. But the\nbiographer should not be a moralist. My simple purpose\nis to depict, as far as it is possible, the very varied types\nof womanhood which come into the fierce light that\nbeats about a throne in that strange world where\nGreek and Roman and Syrian blood blend to produce a\nnew character.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 60938 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: McCabe, Joseph \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Dec 16, 2019 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"McCabe, Joseph,1867-1955 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43245944307869,"sku":"gb-60938-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/60938.webp?v=1672845907"},{"product_id":"the-age-of-justinian-and-theodora-a-history-of-the-sixth-century-a-d-volume-1-of-2-gb-65337","title":"The Age of Justinian and Theodora: A History of the Sixth Century A.D., Volume 1 (of 2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Age of Justinian and Theodora: A History of the Sixth Century A.D., Volume 1 (of 2)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the age of Justinian is the most interesting\nand important in the whole series of the Byzantine\nannals, no comprehensive work has hitherto been devoted to\nthe subject. The valuable and erudite Vita Justiniani of\nLudewig is more of a law book than of a biography, and less\nof a circumstantial history than of either. The somewhat\nstrange medley published by Isambert under the title Vie\nde Justinien is scarcely a complete chronology of the events,\nand might be called a manual of the sources rather than a\nhistory of the times.[1] Excellent accounts, however, of Justinian\nare to be found in some general histories of the Byzantine\nEmpire as well as in several biographical dictionaries, whilst\nmonographs of greater or lesser extent exist under the names\nof Perrinus, Invernizi, and Padovani, etc., but any student\nof the period would decide that it deserves to be treated at\nmuch greater length than has been devoted to it in any of\nthese books. In the present work the design has been to\nplace before the reader not only a record of events, but a\npresentment of the people amongst whom, and of the stage\nupon which those events occurred. I have also attempted\nto correlate the aspects of the ancient and the modern\nworld in relation to science and progress.\n\nW. G. H.\n\nLondon,\nFebruary, 1905.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 65337 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Holmes, William Gordon \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: May 14, 2021 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Holmes, William Gordon,1845-1927 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43250147426461,"sku":"gb-65337-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/65337.webp?v=1672919446"},{"product_id":"of-the-buildings-of-justinian-gb-65404","title":"Of the Buildings of Justinian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOf the Buildings of Justinian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProcopius was born at Csarea in Palestine, early in the\nsixth or at the end of the fifth century. He made his\nway, an adventurer, to Constantinople, where he began\nas an advocate and Professor of Rhetoric. He had the\ngood fortune to be recommended to Belisarius, who appointed\nhim one of his secretaries. In that capacity\nProcopius accompanied the general in his expedition to\nthe East, A.D. 528, and in that against the Vandals,\nA.D. 533. The successful prosecution of the war enriched\nBelisarius to such an extent that he was enabled to maintain\na retinue of 7000 men, of whom Procopius seems to\nhave been one of the most trusted, since we find him\nappointed Commissary General in the Italian war. On\nhis return to Constantinople, he was decorated with one\nof the innumerable titles of the Byzantine Court, and\nentered into the Senate. In the year 562 he was made\nPrefect of Constantinople, and is supposed to have died\nin 565the same year as his former patron Belisarius.\nHis works are (1) the Histories () in eight books,\nnamely, two on the Persian War (408-553), two on the\nWar with the Vandals (395-545), and four on the Wars\nwith the Goths, bringing the History down to the year 553. iv\n(2) The six books on the Buildings of Justinian, and (3) the\nAnecdota, or Secret Historya work which has always\nbeen attributed to him.\nThe Histories appeared first in Latin, 1470, the translator\nbeing Leonardo Bruni dArezzo (Leonardo Aretino),\nwho, believing his own MS. to be the only one in existence,\ngave himself out for the author. They were first published\nin Greek, at Augsburg, 1607: but the Buildings had\nalready appeared at Basle, 1531.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 65404 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Lewis, T. Hayter \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: May 21, 2021 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributor (Author)\u003c\/b\u003e: Procopius \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Stewart, Aubrey, 1844-1918 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Lewis, T. 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His tutors in the art of autocracy were dead or\r\nsuperannuated, and his present subordinates owed their\r\nelevation to his favour and judgment. The new Emperor\r\nwas a man of middle stature, spare rather than stout, and on\r\nthe verge of becoming bald and gray. His features were\r\nsufficiently regular, his face was round, his complexion\r\nflorid, and he wore neither beard nor moustache.[1] Those\r\n{366}\r\nwhom he impressed unfavourably were fond of pointing out\r\nthat he bore a striking resemblance to Domitian.[2] He\r\naffected a pleasant demeanour, appeared always with a set\r\nsmile,[3] and was so studious of personal popularity that even\r\nthe meanest of his subjects might hope for an audience of\r\nhis sovereign. With an unbounded belief in his own capacity\r\nfor discrimination, he was always ready to listen, but\r\nnever to be convinced. His assurance communicated itself\r\nto those with whom he came in contact, and his associates\r\nrarely ventured to dispute his opinions.[4] His mode of life\r\n{367}\r\ntended strongly towards asceticism, and he yielded no indulgence\r\nto his natural appetites. In his diet he restricted\r\nhimself to the barest necessaries, he seemed to exist almost\r\nwithout sleep, and there is no evidence that he was ever attracted\r\nsexually by any woman except Theodora. Without\r\ncommanding abilities, his mental activity was incessant, and\r\nhe was perpetually busy in every department of the state.[5]\r\nHe plunged into politics, law, and theology, with the conviction\r\nthat he could master every detail and deal effectively\r\nwith all questions which might arise for decision. Yet he\r\nwas credulous and lent a willing ear to those who brought\r\nin doubtful reports, which he was generally prone to act\r\nupon without due inquiry as to their authenticity.[6]\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 65717 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Holmes, William Gordon \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jun 27, 2021 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Holmes, William Gordon,1845-1927 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43250195431581,"sku":"gb-65717-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/65717.webp?v=1672921130"},{"product_id":"arethusa-konstantinopolin-orjatar-gb-66865","title":"Arethusa: Konstantinopolin orjatar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArethusa: Konstantinopolin orjatar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarlo Zeno, venetsialainen aatelismies, entinen kirjuri, entinen\r\npeluri, entinen onnenonkija, entinen Patrasin palkkapitjn\r\nmaallikkohaltija, entinen kaksintaistelija ja entinen kreikkalainen\r\nkenraali, noin yhdeksnkolmatta vuoden ikinen ja sitkess ruumiissaan\r\narvet puolestakymmenest haavasta, jotka olisivat tuottaneet kuoleman\r\ntavalliselle miehelle, oli pttnyt knt uuden lehden, ruvennut\r\ntukkukauppiaaksi ja asui Konstantinopolissa vuonna 1376.\nHn oli ostanut talon itse kaupungista, koska genualaiset kauppiaat\r\nasuivat kaikki Peran kaupunginosassa Kultaisen Sarven toisella\r\npuolen. Venetsialainen ei olisi voinut el samassa paikassa\r\ngenualaisen kanssa, sill ilma olisi varmasti myrkyttnyt hnet; ja\r\nsitpaitsi genualaisen naaman nkeminen, Genuan murteen kuuleminen ja\r\ngenualaisen ruoanlaiton haju olivat kaikki yht inhottavia laguunien\r\nrannalla kasvaneelle. Genuaa ei sopinut mainita sivistyneitten\r\nvenetsialaiskorvien kuullen, sen pelkk nimikin oli mahdoton\r\nsdyllisten venetsialaishuulten nnettvksi; ja noiden tavujen\r\nlausuminen liikeasioissakin oli kamalan pahaonnista.\nSiit syyst Carlo Zeno ja hnen ystvns olivat asettuneet vanhaan\r\nkaupunkiin, kreikkalaisten, bukaralaisten, juutalaisten ja tsherkessien\r\njoukkoon, ja jttneet genualaiset Peraan yksikseen, ollen iknkuin\r\nei heit olisi ollut olemassakaan. Tt kuvittelua ei tosin aina ollut\r\nhelppo pit yll, sill Zenolla oli erittin hyvt silmt eik hn\r\nvoinut olla nkemtt noita ihmiskunnan mtmunia Kultaisen Sarven\r\nvastarannalta, istuessaan parvekkeellaan kevtiltoina; ja hnen\r\nainoana lohtunaan oli haaveilla, kuinka tuhoaisi heit tukuttain,\r\nhakkaisi heit kappaleiksi sadoittain ja tuhansittain ja pinoisi\r\npyramiideja heidn rumista irvistvist pistn. Mitvarten he\r\nolivat genualaisia? Carlo Zeno olisi kernaammin ottanut korvapuustin\r\nturkkilaiselta Amurad-sulttaanilta, joka asui salmen toisella puolen\r\nVhss-Aasiassa, kuin kohteliaan sanan vhimmn vastenmieliselt\r\nnoista vihoviimeisist genualais-kuvatuksista. \"Katsokaa\", sanoi\r\nTertullianus kerran ivallisesti, \"kuinka nuo kristityt rakastavat\r\ntoisiaan.\" Asiat eivt olleet parantuneet yhdesstoista vuosisadassa\r\nsenjlkeenkuin tuo oppinut kirkon tohtori oli lhtenyt tst elmst,\r\narvatenkin hellsydmisempn maailmaan. Mutta Carlo Zeno olisi\r\nvastannut, ett genualaiset eivt olleet kristitylt enemp kuin\r\nmuulit, eivtk lheskn sen vertaa kuin siat, jotka kaikki ovat\r\nautuaan Antonius-pyhimyksen erikoisen suojeluksen alaisia.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 66865 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Dec 2, 2021 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Finnish \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Jaakkola, Väinö, 1888-1942 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Crawford, F. 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