Civil War: Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 5 Part 2
Right click on the link to download Civil War Podcast (Control Click on the Mac) or just click it to listen now. Augustus had discovered that you could get…
Praetorians: Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 5 Part 1
One of the things I love about the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is the artful way analysis and commentary are slipped in just where they seem to…
Pertinax: Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 4 Part 3
Away from Rome things were going badly. In Gaul and Spain troops deserted and set up in bands to make a living by raiding the cities. When a belated crack…
Gladiator: Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 4 Part 2
Commodus. Not a noble character. Gibbon thought that he was more weak than evil. But perhaps it isn't very meaningful to make judgements. After all, the early life of Commodus…