The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶186
The contemporaries of Severus in the enjoyment of the peace and glory of his reign, forgave the cruelties by which it had been introduced. Posterity, who experienced the fatal effects of his maxims and example, justly considered him as the principal author of the decline of the Roman empire.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #731 (Milman edition) — public domain
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