The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, sometimes shortened to Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is a six-volume work by the English historian Edward Gibbon. The six volumes cover
Title page from John Quincy Adams's copy of the third edition (1777)
Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)
The Goths in Italy by Paul Falconer Poole, 1851
Nerva–Antonine dynasty
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The Nerva–Antonine dynasty comprised seven Roman emperors who ruled from 96 AD to 192: Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus, and Commodus. The first five of these are
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
…to Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is a six-volume work by the English historian Edward Gibbon. The six volumes cover, from 98 to 1590, the peak of the Roman Empire, the history of early Christianity and its emergence as the Roman state religion, the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the rise…
Nerva (r. 96–98)
Trajan (r. 98–117)
Hadrian (r. 117–138)
Antoninus Pius (r. 138–161)