num_pages: 704
description: This is an abridged edition of Gibbon's classic. Concentrating on the centuries from the age of the Antonines to the fall of the empire in the West, this volume chronicles "the triumph of barbarism and religion" in the disruption of the unified empire, the rise of Christianity, the progress of the Huns from China and the revolt of the Goths.
language: English
title: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
titlecomplete: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
genres: Politics, Historical, Ancient History, World History, 18th Century, Roman, Classics, Nonfiction, History, Ancient
ratings_count: 14395
places: Roman Empire
series: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub