![]() ![]() ![]() We shall thereforeĬontent ourselves with observing, and indeed with repeating, So successfully discussed, that it is now grown familiar to The subject, however, variousĪnd important, has already been so frequently, so ably, and To excite the genius and penetration of the philosophic To exercise the diligence of innumerable antiquarians, and The expressive conciseness of his descriptions has deserved ![]() Who applied the science of philosophy to the study of facts. Germans were surveyed by the discerning eye, and delineatedīy the masterly pencil, of Tacitus, the first of historians Their primitive state of simplicity and independence the The original principles of our present laws and manners. Institutions of those barbarians we may still distinguish The most civilised nations of modernĮurope issued from the woods of Germany, and in the rude May use the expression, a more domestic, claim to ourĪttention and regard. Place in this history, and possess a stronger, and, if we Western monarchy of Rome, will occupy a much more important Resisted, then invaded, and at length overturned, the Over the immense plains which spread themselves from theĬaspian Sea to the Vistulay from the confines of Persia to Their flocks and herbs, their wives and families wandered Or Sarmatian tribes, which, with their arms and horses, We shall occasionally mention the Scythian Notice from their connection with the decline and fall of THE government and religion of Persia have deserved some The state of Germany till the invasion of the Barbarians, in the time of the emperor Decius. Chapter 9 of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Chapter 9įall In The West - The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon ![]()
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