The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireBy: Edward Gibbon Series: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon's six volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776 88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries its rulers, wars and society, and the events that led to its disastrous collapse. Here, in volumes one and two,