The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Vol. III)

"I set out upon Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and was immediately dominated by both the story and the style," recalled Winston Churchill. "I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all….I was not even estranged by his naughty footnotes." In the two centuries since its completion, Gibbon’s magnum opus–which encompasses some thirteen hundred yea...