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Gibbon's masterpiece on Rome is a monument of literature and a style of modern historical research. There has never been anything quite like it since its publication between 1776 and 1788. Although some of Gibbon's views are considered controversial today, there is no question that his research and patient devotion to scholarship or grant produced one of the very most valuable and renowned histories ever. Gibbon begins his story through the elevation of the Roman Empire under the Antonines. From there our company is shown how the Roman civilization commenced a long, agonizing slide into chaos and debauchery. Though it is a tale familiar to many, never has it been told with such panache and vigor. Volume level one comes to an end with the accession of the Emperors Gratian and Valentinian II in the entire year A.D. 375.The Drop and Street to redemption of the Roman Empire will continue in Amounts two and three.