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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire. https://t.co/7Y8EYRSme9 Edward Gibbon b. #OTD (O.S.) 1737 https://t.co/QZJqMT9eoC
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"This age of indolence...darkened the face of learning, and the decline of genius was soon followed by the corruption of taste.” -Edward Gibbon, "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (1776-1788) -The Ruins of the Roman Forum, 1951 photograph by Herbert List https://t.co/SxtaqucY1j
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Today 1764 Edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire https://t.co/BYg7PSSB2h