What are the flaws in Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?

by chicagoan88

Essentially, what are the problems of his work? If I am not mistaken, it was held in high regard by a large number of scholars, but it has fallen out of favor in the past 50 or so years. Why did it fall out of favor?

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You may be interested in the post by /u/Daeres over in BadHistory about this very topic.