Rostovtzeff on the End of the Western Roman Empire. This paper is written about the end of the Western Roman Empire. The classic work in the field is provided by Edward Gibbon in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Gibbon's essential argument was one that attributed the "fall" (the use of this term today being itself a source of controversy) to "Christianity, which he claimed had undermined the ancient warrior traditions of the Romans and, through the influence of monasticism and asceticism, turned them away from earthly things". Pages: 10 Bibliography: 10 source(s) listed Filename: 19059 Western Roman Empire.doc Price: 89.50