Their united reigns are possibly the only period of history in which the happiness of a great people was the sole object of government.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

On the Roman emperors Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius.

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 3.