Lecture 14: The Decline and Fall of Rome - The Diigo Meta page

• 17 Oct 10
  

  Clay Burell
  • "The  decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate  greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of the  destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest; and, as soon as time  or accident and removed the artificial supports, the stupendous fabric  yielded to the pressure of its own weight. The story of the ruin is simple and obvious: and instead of inquiring why the Roman Empire was destroyed we  should rather be surprised that it has subsisted for so long." [Gibbon,  Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2nd ed., vol. 4, ed. by J. B.  Bury (London, 1909), pp. 173-174.]
  • we  ought to remember is that the Roman Empire was large, and when we speak of  the fall of Rome, we are talking about the western half of the Empire. The  eastern half survived as the Byzantine Empire until 1453.
  • we  ought to remember is that the Roman Empire was large, and when we speak of  the fall of Rome, we are talking about the western half of the Empire. The  eastern half survived as the Byzantine Empire until 1453.

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