In Volume IV Gibbon explores the state of the Roman provinces after the dissolution of the Western Empire, and examines the reasons for its fall - not excluding its 'immoderate greatness.' He then moves to the Empire of the East and its rule under Justinian, whose formidable leadership saw the re-fortification of Constantinople and the frontiers of the Eastern Empire.
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In Volume IV Gibbon explores the state of the Roman provinces after the dissolution of the Western Empire, and examines the reasons for its fall - not excluding its 'immoderate greatness.' He then moves to the Empire of the East and its rule under Justinian, whose formidable leadership saw the re-fortification of Constantinople and the frontiers of the Eastern Empire.
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