Edward Gibbon, “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” ch. 43; p. 1418, note 43 in the 1946 Heritage Press edition. #edwardgibbon #declineandfall

Edward Gibbon, “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” ch. 43; p. 1393 in the 1946 Heritage Press edition. #edwardgibbon #declineandfall

Edward Gibbon, “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” ch. 42; p. 1356 in the 1946 Heritage Press edition. #edwardgibbon #declineandfall

Edward Gibbon, “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” ch. 41; p. 1347, note 86 in the 1946 Heritage Press edition. #edwardgibbon #declineandfall
Gibbon leaves zoology to the zoologists. One can't do everything.

Edward Gibbon, “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” ch. 41; p. 1347 in the 1946 Heritage Press edition. #edwardgibbon #declineandfall

Edward Gibbon, “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” ch. 41; p. 1339, note 72 in the 1946 Heritage Press edition. #edwardgibbon #declineandfall
Sieges are bad.
But also: I was always suspicious of that stuff in my sandwiches.
Overlooking the pun. Too easy. YMMV.

Edward Gibbon, “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” ch. 41; pp. 1321-1322 in the 1946 Heritage Press edition. #edwardgibbon #declineandfall
The hook for me was "yielded to the impetuous courage of his troops."

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. —Edward Gibbon

#EdwardGibbon #timelesswisdom #humanvalues #zen #selfawareness