{"id":7576,"date":"2025-06-04T18:26:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/?page_id=7576"},"modified":"2026-10-16T23:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:08:27","slug":"decline-and-fall-roman-empire-audiobook-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/decline-and-fall-roman-empire-audiobook-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol 2. &#8211; Free English Audiobook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"41\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?resize=640%2C41&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Audiobook web separator. Beautiful graphics and a heart. \" class=\"wp-image-5995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?resize=1024%2C66&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?resize=300%2C19&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?resize=768%2C50&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?resize=1536%2C100&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?resize=2048%2C133&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/paragraph-divider-15.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/history_of_the_decline_and_fall_of_the_roman_empire_vol_2_audiobook.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2. by Edward Gibbon. Free English Audiobook\" class=\"wp-image-7577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/history_of_the_decline_and_fall_of_the_roman_empire_vol_2_audiobook.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/history_of_the_decline_and_fall_of_the_roman_empire_vol_2_audiobook.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2. by Edward Gibbon<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More Information About the Book on Wikipedia<\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/curivia.net\/free-english-audiobooks\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curivia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/See-all-available-audiobooks-button-300x125-hr.png?resize=300%2C125&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Button with text, See all available audiobooks. Golden text and frames with black background.\" class=\"wp-image-7378\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2>The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2, by Edward Gibbon \u2013 read by various volunteers<\/h2><br>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/decline_and_fall_2_0712_librivox\" width=\"500\" height=\"60\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p><i>Edward Gibbon\u2019s<\/i> monumental <b>The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire<\/b> continues in Volume II, <b>(first published in 1781).<\/b> Following the success of Volume I (1776), this installment deepens the analysis of the empire\u2019s decline, tracing the turbulent centuries that saw Rome struggle with internal decay, external threats, and the shifting tides of religion and culture.<\/p>\n\n<p><i>Gibbon\u2019s<\/i> sweeping narrative examines the empire\u2019s vulnerability after the reign of <i>Marcus Aurelius,<\/i> exploring the military, political, and moral factors that accelerated its fragmentation. Written with wit, elegance, and precision, his work combines detailed scholarship with a grand philosophical perspective on history.<\/p>\n\n<p>As with the other volumes, Volume II exemplifies <i>Gibbon\u2019s<\/i> reputation as the \u201cfirst modern historian of ancient Rome\u201d and remains a cornerstone of both historical writing and English literature.\n<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"audiobook-meta\" style=\"color: #777; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 1em; text-align: ; font-style: italic;\">\n  This audiobook is in the public domain. It is read by volunteers and available freely for listening.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Information About the Book on Wikipedia The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7576","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7576"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12358,"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7576\/revisions\/12358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curivia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}