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Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04

Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson, John Rudd

Read by realisticspeakers, Colleen McMahon, Rita Boutros, Leni, rainbowsnsunshine, Kazbek, Larry Wilson, Ryan Fahey, Availle, Beth Blakely, Thomas Rose, Greg Paxton and Kristine Bekere · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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An Outline Narrative (24:00)
Visigoths Pillage Rome, AD 410, by Edward Gibbon, part 1 (32:49)
Visigoths Pillage Rome, AD 410, by Edward Gibbon, part 2 (31:17)
Huns Invade the Eastern Roman Empire: Attila Dictates a Treaty of Peace, AD 441, by Edward Gibbon, part 1 (39:04)
Huns Invade the Eastern Roman Empire: Attila Dictates a Treaty of Peace, AD 441, by Edward Gibbon, part 2 (35:56)
The English Conquest of Britain, AD 449-579, by John R. Green (19:14)
The English Conquest of Britain, AD 449-579, by Charles Knight (25:10)
Attila Invades Western Europe: Battle of Chalons, AD 451, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy (46:12)
Attila Invades Western Europe: Battle of Chalons, AD 451, by Edward Gibbon (21:19)
Foundation of Venice, AD 452, by Thomas Hodgkin (24:45)
Foundation of Venice, AD 452, by John Ruskin (25:57)
Clovis Founds the Kingdom of the Franks: It Becomes Christian, AD 486-511, by Francois P.G. Guizot, part 1 (36:32)
Clovis Founds the Kingdom of the Franks: It Becomes Christian, AD 486-511, by Francois P.G. Guizot, part 2 (36:03)
Publication of the Justinian Code, AD 529-534, by Edward Gibbon, part 1 (25:26)
Publication of the Justinian Code, AD 529-534, by Edward Gibbon, part 2 (30:48)
Publication of the Justinian Code, AD 529-534, by Edward Gibbon, part 3 (29:06)
Publication of the Justinian Code, AD 529-534, by Edward Gibbon, part 4 (32:54)
Augustine's Missionary Work in England, AD 597, by The Venerable Bede (33:10)
Augustine's Missionary Work in England, AD 597, by John Richard Green (4:57)
The Hegira, AD 612, by Washington Irving (25:13)
The Hegira, AD 612, by Simon Ockley, part 1 (25:35)
The Hegira, AD 612, by Simon Ockley, part 2 (27:00)
The Hegira, AD 612, by Simon Ockley, part 3 (16:39)
The Hegira, AD 612, by Simon Ockley, part 4 (34:02)
The Saracen Conquest of Syria, AD 636, by Simon Ockley, part 1 (18:25)
The Saracen Conquest of Syria, AD 636, by Simon Ockley, part 2 (27:53)
The Saracen Conquest of Syria, AD 636, by Simon Ockley, part 3 (25:11)
Saracens Conquer Egypt: The Destruction of the Library of Alexandria, AD 640, by Washington Irving (37:45)
Evolution of the Dogeship in Venice, AD 697, by William Carew Hazlitt (23:32)
Saracens in Spain: The Battle of the Guadalete, AD 711, by Ahmed Ibn Mahomet Al-Makkari (25:31)
Battle of Tours, AD 732, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy (29:04)
Founding of the Carolvingian Dynasty: Pepin the Short Usurps the Frankish Crown, AD 751, by Francois P.G. Guizot (21:36)
Career of Charlemagne, Ad 772-814, by Francois P.G. Guizot, part 1 (34:54)
Career of Charlemagne, Ad 772-814, by Francois P.G. Guizot, part 2 (38:17)
Career of Charlemagne, Ad 772-814, by Francois P.G. Guizot, part 3 (35:06)
Egbert Becomes King of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, AD 827, by David Hume (18:45)