Edward Gibbon Quotes:
Ocupation: Historian
Life: April 27, 1737 - January 16, 1794
Birthday: April 27
Death: January 16
The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
source: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ch. 2 (1776 - 1788)
topic: Rome, People, History, Magistrates, Roman Empire, Fall Of Rome
