OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE BY EDWARD GIBBON EDITED IN SEVEN VOLUMES WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, APPENDICES, AND INDEX BY J. B. BURY, M.A. HON. LITT. D. OF DURHAM; HON. LL.D. OF EDINBURGH CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ST. PETERSBURG CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME Sack of Rome by Genseric, King of the Vandals-His naval Depredations— Succession of the last Emperors of the West, Maximus, Avitus, Majorian, Severus, Anthemius, Olybrius, Glycerius, Nepos, Augustulus-Total Extinction of the Western Empire-Reign of Odoacer, the first Barbarian A.D. 439-445. Naval Power of the Vandals 455 The Character and Reign of the Emperor Maximus |