The Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireBy: Edward Gibbon Illustrator: Gian Battista Piranesi Series: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edited, abridged, and with a critical Foreword by Hans Friedrich Mueller Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin Illustrations by Giovanni Battista Piranesi Edward Gibbons masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A. D. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is