Book · 1776 · C.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged
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I mean [ __ ] man the the first and most his like one of the first influential works of his modern scholarship is the decline and fall of the Roman Empire It's a whole book about why a society fell apart.
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- References the classic work“Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”3
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And he had read all of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire several times. He was always reading two or three books at a time...
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Sep 2026 When Gibbon is writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in multiple volumes, in the late 18th century he says that there's never been a better time for humanity than during the era of the five good emperors.
Ada Palmer Dwarkesh Podcast · Jun 2026 And I actually think about that a lot from, you know, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon. Actually, your episode on Rome was fantastic. People should go listen to that.
Saagar Enjeti Lex Fridman Podcast · Dec 2024 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire—just throw Marjorie Taylor Greene's book in for like volume three of that classic scholarly work!
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged is a sweeping historical work by Edward Gibbon chronicling the trajectory of the Roman civilization. Ryan Holiday cited Edward Gibbon's major historical work on The Daily Stoic while discussing Harry Truman's extensive reading habits, noting that Truman had read the multi-volume work several times. On the Dwarkesh Podcast, Ada Palmer referenced Edward Gibbon's account to illustrate historical perspectives, noting that Gibbon pointed to the era of the five good emperors as a uniquely positive time for humanity. Robert Evans mentioned the classic text on Behind the Bastards as an early influential work of modern scholarship about societal collapse, and jokingly suggested swapping out a volume with a book by Marjorie Taylor Greene. Similarly, Saagar Enjeti referenced the book on the Lex Fridman Podcast while discussing the gradual nature of imperial declines, praising a previous episode on Rome. Additionally, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touched upon related historical and contemporary events regarding sudden deaths on The Joe Rogan Experience. Speakers frequently return to this monumental scholarly achievement to contextualize modern political shifts, historical parallels, long-term societal decay, and the grand narratives of Western civilization across numerous episodes.
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Robert Evans I think we should replace some of the history books with Marjorie Taylor Greene's book, but I think specifi… 3
“I mean [ __ ] man the the first and most his like one of the first influential works of his modern scholarship is the decline and fall of the Roman Empire It's a whole book about why a society fell apart”
“I think we should replace some of the history books with Marjorie Taylor Greene's book, but I think specifically we should go for like Edward Gibbon's Rise and Fall of—yeah!”
“Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire—just throw Marjorie Taylor Greene's book in for like volume three of that [__] classic scholarly work! Yeah, see who notices!”
Ada Palmer So much so that when Gibbon is writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in multiple… 1
“So much so that when Gibbon is writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in multiple volumes, in the late 18th century he says that there's never been a better time for humanity than during the era of the five good emperors.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. yeah cause unknown the epidemic of sudden deaths in 2021 and 2022 Edward Dow yeah yeah died after first vac… 1
“yeah cause unknown the epidemic of sudden deaths in 2021 and 2022 Edward Dow yeah yeah died after first vaccine dose dies at hospital football died on the field and none of this was reported”
Russell Brand It’s not in there, specifically. Keep reading Romans 13. 1
“It’s not in there, specifically. Keep reading Romans 13.”
Ryan Holiday And he had read all of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire several times. He was always reading t… 1
“And he had read all of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire several times. He was always reading two or three books at a time...”
Saagar Enjeti And I actually think about that a lot from, you know, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibb… 1
“And I actually think about that a lot from, you know, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon. Actually, your episode on Rome was fantastic. People should go listen to that.”
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“Then there are religious zealots, I would use even stronger terms, who use the Book of Joshua, which is 2700 years ago, that said, well, God gave us everything from the river in Egypt, meaning the Nile to the Euphrates.”
“one of like a guy who goes to Oxford in the period of like a basically generation before George is Edward Gibbon who you might not know him by name but he is the guy who writes the history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire”
“so the orthodox tradition the catholic tradition aren't that different even though they split in the 11th century over a diphthong as gibbon points out”