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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (2004)

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (2004)

Edward Gibbon

Published: 2004, June 1
Authors: Edward Gibbon
Print type: BOOK

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If the subjects of Rome could be ignorant of their obligations to the great Theodosius, they were too soon convinced, how painfully the spirit and abilities of their deceased emperor had supported the frail and mouldering edifice of the republic. He died in the month of January; and before the end of the winter of the same year, the Gothic nation was in arms.