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Excerpt from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 7 Materials of this hiory and I am {till convinced that the apparent ofientation would be more than compenfated by real ufe. If I have renounced this idea; if I have declined an undertaking which had obtained the approbation of a maf ter-artifi my excufe' may be found in the extreme difficulty of afiigning a pro per meafure to fuch a catalogue. A naked lift of names and editions would not be fatisfaétory either to, myfelf or my readers: the characters of the prin cipal Authors of the Roman and Byzan tine Hifiory, have been occafionally connected with the events which they defcribe; a more copious and critical enquiry might indeed deferve, but it would demand, an elaborate volume, which might fwell by degrees into a ge neral library of hifiorical writers. For the prefent I {hall content myfelf with renewing my ferions proteftation, that I have always endeavoured to draw from the fountain-head; that my curiofity, as well as a fenfe of duty, has always urged me to udy the originals; and that, if they have.fometimes eluded my feareh, I have carefully marked the fe condary evidence, on whofe faith a paf. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.