Essay Flashcards
William Robertson - lived in the time of gibbon
“In less than a century almost all the effects of the knowledge… disappeared… neglected or lost”
Article from E. Dümmler
“Rome, capital and wonder of the world… only a barbarous ruin now remains”
Lactanius - adviser to Emperor Constantine I
“When the capital of the world has fallen… who can doubt that the end will have come for the affairs of men”
St Jerome - in his letters
“The East, it is true, seemed to be safe from all such evils”
Marcellinius’ description about the Huns
“Without… homes, laws or a fixed way of life”
“Like unthinking animals… completely ignorant of the difference between right and wrong”
Gibbon - talking about Emperor Serverus
“The author of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire”
Reference to Emperor Caracalla
“Most unfeeling of human beings”
Massacred Alexandria because if a “Lack of respect”
Who said
“In less than a century almost all the effects of the knowledge… disappeared… neglected or lost”
William Robertson - lived in the same time as Gibbon
Who said
“When the capital of the world has fallen… who can doubt that the end will have come for the affairs of men”
Lactanius
Who said
“Rome, capital and wonder of the world… only a barbarous ruin now remains”
E. Dümmler
Who said
“The East, it is true, seemed to be safe from all such evils”
St Jerome in his letters
Who made a detailed description about the Huns
Marcelinius
Who called emperor Serverus
“The author of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire”
Gibbon
