Gibbon's <strong>The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire</strong> (the second and third volumes were originally published in 1781), is one of th... » 

Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (the second and third volumes were originally published in 1781), is one of the most famous texts in the English language. David Womersley's annotated edition returns to manuscript and original sources. «