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Edward Gibbon wrote this famous history of the Roman Empire during the late 1700s. What did he see as the main causes of the decline of the Roman Empire in the West? What potential causes does he dismiss?
2
How do Gibbon's explanations compare to those in the textbook? How, if at all, do Gibbon's explanations reflect his own era? Why do we need to concern ourselves with such a question?





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