The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: A book tracing Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire[a]?is a six-volume work by the English historian?Edward Gibbon. It traces Western civilization (as well as the?Islamic?and?Mongolian?conquests) from the?height?of the?Roman Empire?to the?fall?of?Byzantium. Volume?I was published in 1776 and went through six printings.?Volumes?II and III were published in 1781;?volumes?IV, V, and VI in 1788-1789.