This classic work by Edward Gibbon chronicles the decline and fall of the Roman Empire from its height in the 2nd century AD to its eventual dissolution in the 15th century. Gibbon's detailed account of the Roman Empire's decline and fall is widely regarded as one of the most influential
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, sometimes shortened to Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is a six-volume work by the English historian Edward Gibbon. The six volumes cover, from 98 to 1590, the peak of the Roman Empire, the history of early Christianity and its emergence as the Roman state religion, the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the rise of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane and the fall of Byzantium, as well as discussions on the ruins of Ancient Rome.