Article 5S55E What Gibbon Got Wrong in 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

What Gibbon Got Wrong in 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) is considered one of the greatest historians ever because of the six-volume magnum opus on Rome's fall that made him famous.

But Gibbon's central claim on what ultimately caused Rome's demise doesn't quite hold up.

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