Gregory
S. Brown
895 – 4181; gbrown@unlv.edu
M, W, F 10;30 - 11:20; CBC C316
Edward Gibbon, "Of empires and savages "
Rome: "immoderate greatness"
..."Prosperity ripened the principle of decay ...the causes of destruction
multiplied with the extent of conquest"
Christianity: "beneficial though
imperfect effect on the barbarian[s]"
"progress of knowledge and industry ...counterbalance the natural powers ...of military art"
"no people ... will relapse
into their original barbarism"