The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon, 1776-1789)
476 · Resource
Edward Gibbon's monumental six-volume account of Rome from the Antonines to the fall of Constantinople — the foundational work of modern history.
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Around 476
- Fall of Western Roman Empire (476)
- Muhammad (570)
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476)
- Sack of Rome by Visigoths (410)
- Reign of Justinian I (527)
- Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (450)
- Hagia Sophia (532)
- Romans withdraw from Britain (410)
- Christianity becomes Roman state religion (380)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)