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THE

HISTORY

OF THE

Decline and Fall

OF

THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

BY

EDWARD GIBBON, Esq.

A NEW EDITION,

WITH MAPS AND PORTRAIT;

COMPLETE IN EIGHT VOL UMES.

VOL. V.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR R. PRIESTLEY, HIGH HOLBORN;

J. OFFOR, NEWGATE STREET; W. H. REID, CHARING-CROSS ;
PRIESTLEY AND WEALE, HIGH STREET, BLOOMSBURY;
M. DOYLE, HIGH HOLBORN; AND D. A. TALBOYS, OXFORD:
By J. F. Dove, St. John's Square.