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1806

THE

HISTORY

OF THE

DECLINE AND FALL

OF THE

ROMAN EMPIRE.

BY

EDWARD GIBBON, Esq.

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

VOL. IX.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY VERNOR, HOOD, & SHARPE, IN THE POULTRY ;
AND LACKINGTON, ALLEN, & Co. TEMPLE OF THE MUSES,
FINSBURY SQUARE.-PRINTED FOR, AND SOLD BY,

J. ROBERTSON, NO. 15. NICOLSON STREET, AND

NO. 4. HORSE WYND, EDINBURGH.

1806.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OF THE

NINTH VOLUME.

CHAP. XLVIII.

Plan of the four last Volumes.-Succession and Characters of

the Greek Emperors of Constantinople, from the Time of

Heraclius to the Latin Conquest.