History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 1 - Introduction and Prefaces

In which the editor and author set forth the immense scope and unity of the history that traces the gradual decay of the Roman Empire, emphasising the skilled arrangement and careful research that underpin Gibbon’s monumental narrative. The prefaces modestly acknowledge the work’s imperfections and biases, particularly regarding Christianity, while lauding its enduring authority and the ambitious plan to bridge ancient and modern history through a comprehensive and philosophical examination of a world in transformation.