The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume I: The History of the Empire from A.D. 180 to A.D. 395 A.D. Edward Gibbon , Oliphant Smeaton (Editor)(1977)

Volume I: 180 AD – 395 AD. (1977 Modern Library edition, 956 pages) Gibbon’s masterpiece, is widely considered to be among the greatest works both of history and of literature ever written. Volume I of three covers the period from the height of the Pax Romana under the Antonines in the second century to the death of Theodosius, the last Emperor of both the Western and Eastern Empires.

With additional notes from the Everyman's Library critical edition of Oliphant Smeaton.