Volume III of Edward Gibbon’s magisterial “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” delves into the bifurcated Roman world: the Western Roman Empire with Rome at its heart, and the Eastern Roman Empire, later known as Byzantium, with its capital in Constantinople. In this volume, Gibbon artfully weaves a narrative that spans wars, religious … Continue reading Gibbon’s Volume III of “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”: A Tale of Twin Empires and the Sunset of the West