The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Abridged Edition - Edward Gibbon

Hans-Friedrich Mueller is the William D. Williams Professor of Classics at Union College in Schenectady, New York, and the author of Roman Religion in Valerius Maximus . Daniel J. Boorstin , Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Librarian of Congress emeritus, is the author of many books, including The Creators and The Discoverers .