Their united reigns are possibly the only period of history in which the happiness of a… — Edward Gibbon
Their united reigns are possibly the only period of history in which the happiness of a great people was the sole object of government.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
★ 2.0On the Roman emperors Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius.
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Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 3.
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Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 3.