OF THE

DECLINE AND FALL OF THE

ROMAN EMPIRE

BY

EDWARD GIBBON

EDITED

WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, AND APPENDICES

BY

J. B. BURY, D.LITT., LL.D.

CORR. MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ST. PETERSBURG
FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE AND REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

IN SEVEN VOLUMES

VOLUME I

WITH TWENTY ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP

METHUEN & CO.

36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

LONDON

This Edition was first published in 1909

It is founded on the Edition published in 1896

Harding-41-54 (Wols) (AK)

OR this edition of the Decline and Fall the Notes and

FOR

Appendices which I added to my former edition

(1896-1900) will be revised, and the Maps improved. In the first volume more changes have been made than will be necessary in its successors. While the Introduction has been abridged, a large number of new Notes have been inserted, and the Appendix has been expanded, and in many parts rewritten.

a new feature, have been

The illustrations, which are a selected and procured by Mr. O. M. Dalton, of the British

Museum.

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