The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

The first volume of Decline and Fall was published in 1776, and by the time the final volume appeared in 1787, Gibbon had produced an exhaustive, million-and-a-half-word account of a 'revolution which shall ever be remembered and is still felt by the nations of the earth'.

This panoramic work, covering 13 centuries from 180 A.D. to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, has been described as 'a bridge that carries one from the ancient world to the modern'.

Here, this masterpiece of the Enlightenment has been cut down to a manageable size, but still covers in detail the tyranny, cowardice and decadence that led to the fall of Rome. Gibbon described history as 'little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind', and this book serves as a dazzling, perceptive guide to every civilization before and since.


  1. The Dark Ages Collection : Epic Tales and Historical Writings from the Fall of Rome to the Dawn of the Renaissance

    J. B. Bury, Edward Creasy, Henry Bradley, Edward Gibbon, Zenith Evergreen Literary Co

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  2. The Dark Ages Collection : Chronicles of a Transformative Era

    John Bagnell Bury, Edward Creasy, Henry Bradley, Edward Gibbon, David Hume, Zenith Crescent Moon Press

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  3. THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes) : Enriched edition. The Epic Saga of Rome's Spectacular Fall

    Edward Gibbon

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  4. The Collected Works of Edward Gibbon : Historical Works, Autobiographical Writings and Private Letters, Including The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    Edward Gibbon

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  5. Edward Gibbon: Historical Works, Memoirs & Letters : Including "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"

    Edward Gibbon

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  6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Complete 6 Volume Edition) : From the Height of the Roman Empire to the Fall of Byzantium

    Edward Gibbon

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  7. Edward Gibbon: Historical Works, Memoirs & Letters : Including "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"

    Edward Gibbon

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  8. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Complete 6 Volume Edition) : Enriched edition. From the Height of the Roman Empire to the Fall of Byzantium

    Edward Gibbon

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  9. THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes)

    Edward Gibbon

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  10. Edward Gibbon: Historical Works, Memoirs & Letters : Enriched edition. Including "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"

    Edward Gibbon

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  11. The Collected Works

    Edward Gibbon

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  12. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (The Complete Six-Volume Edition)

    Edward Gibbon

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