The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edited abridged and with a critical Foreword by Hans-Friedrich Mueller Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin Illustrations by Giovanni Battista PiranesiEdward Gibbon’s masterpiece which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A.D. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century is widely considered the greatest work of history ever written. This abridgment retains the full scope of the original but in a breadth comparable to a novel...See More