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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  # The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Volume 2
  
  
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  ### Edward Gibbon, Esq.
  
  
  With notes by the Rev. H. H. Milman
  
  
  1782 (Written), 1845 (Revised)
  
  
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  ### Chapter XVI--Conduct Towards The Christians, From Nero To Constantine.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Part I.
  
  
  #### The Conduct Of The Roman Government Towards The Christians, From The
  Reign Of Nero To That Of Constantine.
  
  
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