Edward Gibbon, The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Quotes
War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.
Edward Gibbon, in his classic work on the fall of the Roman Empire, describes the Roman era's declension as a place where "bizarreness masqueraded as creativity.
It was an inflexible maxim of Roman discipline that good soldier should dread his own officers far more than the enemy