THE

HISTORY

OF THE

DECLINE AND FALL

OF THE

ROMAN EMPIRE .

EDWARD GIBBON , ESQ.

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON :

PRINTED FOR THOMAS M * LEAN ; JAMES GOODWIN; W. SHARPEAND SON ; G. AND J. ROBINSON ; ALSO R. GRIFFIN AND CO.GLASGOW , AND J. GUMMING, DUBLIN.

1827 .