History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a book published by Edward Gibbon between 1776 and 1789 CE in six volumes.
• It is also known as ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’.

Contents

• First Trilogy:
  • Volumes  I, II and III describe the progressive collapse of civil government and military order leading to the extinction of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE.
• Second Trilogy:
  • Volumes IV, V and VI describe the history of the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantine Empire until its conquest by the Ottoman armies in 1453 CE.