The Reign Of Antoninus Is Marked By The Rare Advantage Of Furnishing Very Few Materials For History, Which Is Indeed Little More Than The Register Of The Crimes, Follies, And Misfortunes Of Mankind.

The Reign Of Antoninus Is Marked By The Rare Advantage Of Furnishing Very Few Materials For History, Which Is Indeed Little More Than The Register Of The Crimes, Follies, And Misfortunes Of Mankind.

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The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing
very few materials for history, which is indeed little more than the
register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
-- Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
-- Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776), Chap. iii

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