"The progress of despotism tends to disappoint its own purpose."

“The progress of despotism tends to disappoint its own purpose.” The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire

The Chronicler of Decline

Is it too late for our republic to learn from Gibbon’s epic history of Rome’s collapse?

by Ed Simon

https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/the-chronicler-of-decline

Gibbon at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/375

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