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15th October 1764: Edward Gibbon first considers The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:53
Publish Date: 2017-10-14 21:05:01
Description: Gibbon’s six volume history traces the collapse of the Roman Empire from the rule of the Five Good Emperors until the end of Byzantium. Gibbon, like Machiavelli who had coined the term over two centuries earlier, believed that Rome had reached its peak during the period from the Emperor Nerva to Marcus Aurelius and that a decline in civic virtue had led to the Empire being gradually overrun by barbarians. Having previously served with the South Hampshire militia during the Seven Years War, the 25 year old Gibbon was in the midst of the Grand Tour when he arrived in ...
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