THE

HISTORY

OF THE

DECLINE AND FALL

OF THE

ROMAN EMPIRE .

BY

EDWARD GIBBON , ESQ.

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

VOL. XII.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON :

PRINTED FOR THOMAS M 1 LEAN ; JAMES GOODWIN; W. SHARPEAND SON; G. AND J. ROBINSON; ALSO R, GRIFFIN AND CO.GLASGOW, AND J. GUMMING, DUBLIN .

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1827 .