In the fourth volume of the History, Gibbon discusses the barbarian invasion of the Roman Empire and outlines his views on the causes of the fall of the Empire.The material in this volume covers the period of the birth of European states and the rise of the Eastern Roman Empire (450– 594). The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, covering the period from the 2nd to the 16th centuries of the Western and Eastern Roman Empire, is "the most significant work that has ever been written on Roman history" (Mommsen) - and today remains one of the most popular historical works.This publication was prepared on the basis of the translation of Professor V.N. Nevedomsky (Moscow, 1883-1886).

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