<p>Gibbon must have understood the early empire well, but probably not the later one so much.  I think this gives us a clue as to why the empire fell.</p>

Gibbon must have understood the early empire well, but probably not the later one so much. I think this gives us a clue as to why the empire fell.

<p>Gibbon must have understood the early empire well, but probably not the later one so much. &nbsp;I think this gives us a clue as to why the empire fell.</p>

Gibbon's Britain and Imperial Rome

I am a professional scientist, but in my spare time I read history books and I review them.  I am mainly working through Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire at the moment, but will slip in a few other titbits from time to time.  I normally get a show out every Thursday.

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I am a professional scientist, but in my spare time I read history books and I review them. I am mainly working through Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire at the moment, but will slip in a few other titbits from time to time. I normally get a show out every Thursday.

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