Edward Gibbon\'s six-Volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature.
Here, in volumes three and four, Gibbon vividly recounts the waves of barbarian invaders under commanders such as Alaric and Attila, who overran and eve.
Its subject is the fate of one of the world\'s greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and the events that led to its disastrous collapse.
Edward Gibbon\'s six-Volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature