The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire In The West | |||||||||||
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Originally Issued as Three Volumes I-- Chapters 1-16 (1776) II-- Chapters 17-26 (1781) III --Chapters 27-38 (1781) | |||||||||||
Ch. | Scope | Ch. | Scope | Ch. | Scope | Ch. | Scope | ||||
1 | Age Of The Antonines |
11 | AD 268-275 | 21 | Persecution of Heresy |
31 | AD 408-418 | ||||
2 | Its Prosperity | 12 | AD 275-285 | 22 | Rise of Julian | 32 | AD 395-440 | ||||
3 | Its Constitution | 13 | AD 285-313 | 23 | His Religion | 33 | AD 423-439 | ||||
4 | AD 180-193 | 14 | AD 305-324 | 24 | His Death | 34 | The Huns | ||||
5 | AD 193-197 | 15 | Christianity | 25 | AD 363-375 | 35 | AD 450-455 | ||||
6 | AD 208-235 | 16 | Attitude towards Christians |
26 | The Barbarians | 36 | Fall in the West | ||||
7 | AD 235-248 | 17 | Constantinople | 27 | AD 379-395 | 37 | Monastic Life | ||||
8 | Persia | 18 | AD 324-353 | 28 | Destruction of Paganism |
38 | Barbarian Rule | ||||
9 | Germany | 19 | AD 351-359 | 29 | Final Division of the Empire |
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10 | AD 248-260 | 20 | Conversion of Constantine |
30 | AD 395-408 |
Edited by the author of A Study Of Our Decline