Edward Gibbon on This Day in History

This Day in History: Historian Edward Gibbon died on this day in 1794. He is best known for multi-volume "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_. Gibbon blamed Christianity for the fall of Rome, though others may include inflation and ignoring their constitution. I would also add that Rome fell to constant attacks by the German Goths. After that Rome assumed a different power structure with the Roman Catholic Church, which was weakened later by yet another German, Martin Luther, and the Protestant Reformation that he started.

Read: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire