Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume III

"I set out upon Gibbon''s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [and] was immediately dominated by both the story and the style," recalled Winston Churchill. "I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all....I was not even estranged by his naughty footnotes." In the two centuries since its completion, Gibbon''s magnum opus--which encompasses some thirteen hund...