Edward Gibbon Quotes:
Ocupation: Historian
Life: April 27, 1737 - January 16, 1794
Birthday: April 27
Death: January 16
Whatever evils either reason or declamation have imputed to extensive empire, the power of Rome was attended with some beneficial consequences to mankind; and the same freedom of intercourse which extended the vices, diffused likewise the improvements of social life.
source: Edward Gibbon (2015). “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:”, p.100, Sheba Blake Publishing
topic: Rome, History, Evil, Declamation
