title: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Volumes 4-6)
author: Edward Gibbon
description: Volumes 4, 5, and 6 of the Bury Text, in a boxed set. Introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper
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  # HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
  
  ## Edward Gibbon, Esq.
  
  #### With notes by the Rev. H. H. Milman
  
  ## Vol. 3
  
  ### 1782 (Written), 1845 (Revised)
  
    
    
  
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  ## Contents
  
  [Chapter XXVII: Civil Wars, Reign Of Theodosius.—Part
  I.](text00000.html#filepos0000008563) [Part
  II.](text00000.html#filepos0000028582) [Part
  III.](text00000.html#filepos0000054953) [Part
  IV](text00000.html#filepos0000075838) [Part
  V.](text00000.html#filepos0000102644)
  
  ` Death Of Gratian.—Ruin Of Arianism.—St. Ambrose.—  
  First Civil War, Against Maximus.—Character,  
  Administration, And Penance Of Theodosius.—Death Of  
  Valentinian II.—Second Civil War, Against Eugenius.—  
  Death Of Theodosius.  
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  [Chapter XXVIII: Destruction Of Paganism.—Part
  I.](text00000.html#filepos0000125453) [Part
  II.](text00000.html#filepos0000139307) [Part
  III.](text00000.html#filepos0000158023)
  
  ` Final Destruction Of Paganism.—Introduction Of The  
  Worship Of Saints, And Relics, Among The Christi