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The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire In The West
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
10 AD 248-260 20 Conversion
of Constantine
30 AD 395-408

Edited by the author of A Study Of Our Decline