Edward Gibbon (8 May 1737 - 16 January 1794) was an English historian. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788 and is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open criticism of organized religion.
目录
CHAPTER 1．The Extent of the Empire in the Age of the Antonines CHAPTER 2．The Internal Prosperity in the Age of the Antonines CHAPTER 3．The Constitution in the Age of the Antonines CHAPTER 4．The Cruelty,Follies and Murder of Commodus CHAPTER 5．Sale of the Empire to Didius Julianus CHAPTER 6．Death of Severus，Tyranny of Caracalla，Usurpation of Marcinus CHAPTER 7．Tyranny of Maximin，Rebellion，Civil WlarS．Death of Maximin CHAPTER 8．State of Persion and Restoration of the Monarchy CHAPTER 9．State of Germany Until the Barbarians CHAPTER 10．Emperors Decius，Gallus， Aemilianus，Valerian and Gallienus CHAPTER 11．Reign of Claudius，De．at of the Goths CHAPTER 12．Reigns of Tacitus，Probus，Cams and His Sons CHAPTER 13．Reign of Diocletian and His Three Associates CHAPTER 14．Six Emperors at the Same Time， Reunion of the Empire CHAPTER 15．Progress of the Christian Religion
