This beautifully abridged edition of Edward Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire presents his monumental history in a more accessible format, enriched with his famously sharp and witty footnotes. Lavishly illustrated with dramatic neoclassical etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, it captures the grandeur and decay of ancient Rome. With printed page edges and full-colour endpapers, this striking hardback is part of the Arcturus Epic Classics series—an exquisite gift edition of one of history’s most influential works.