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Edward gibbon 1737-1794 is considered to be the father of modern historians of ancient rome. His major work - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - afforded him this distinction.
The book has been critisized for it's treatment of the Christian church, in which Gibbon tried to document it as a historical institute rather than treating it as a special, supernatural case. His views aroused major backlash from christian groups and led to the banning of the book in several countries.
despite this it was a major achievement of the time and it became a backbone for modern historians and still continues to be.








