The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 4

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 4 was written by Edward Gibbon and first published in 1789. This, the fourth volume, covers the period of the Roman Empire after Marcus Aurelius, from just before 180 to 1453 and beyond, concluding in 1590. They take as their material the behaviour and decisions that led to the decay and eventual fall of the Roman Empire in the East and West, offering an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell.