The fall of Rome seemed unthinkable to people at the time…

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

— Richard Holbrooke

In discussing Barbarism and Christianity I have actually been discussing the Fall of Rome.

— Edward Gibbon

The fall of Rome is often regarded as an object lesson in the wages of sin. Its contemporaries, however, more frequently laid the blame…

— Orosius

“Come one, come all! Welcome to the world's greatest entertainment since the fall of Rome. Life, death, victims, voyeurs. The best of society, the…

— Tso

“He won the Civil War for the North, and re-established the Union which today has grown into the vastest consolidated power since the fall…

— J.F.C. Fuller

Reading is difficult. People just aren't meant to read anymore. We're in a post-literate age. You know, a visual age. How many years after…

— Gary Shteyngart

“Rather than a great tragedy, the fall of Rome was the single most beneficial event in the rise of Western civilization.”

— Rodney Stark

“The fall of Rome in 476 A.D. marks the time when the literate barbarians of Rome were replaced by the illiterate barnarians of Germany,…

— Daniel Levering Lewis

My fellow Americans: Last night when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that the troops of…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“When the Greeks were free they created a civilization advanced beyond anything else in the world. When Rome imposed its imperial rule all across…

— Rodney Stark

In the second century of the Christian era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilised portion…

— Edward Gibbon

“—so much more opportunity now." Her voice trails off. "Hurrah for women's lib, eh?" "The lib?" Impatiently she leans forward and tugs the serape…

— James Tiptree Jr

I have a multivolume history of the world from the 19th century that begins with Noah's flood as though it's as historical a fact…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“But Christendom was not merely a community of warriors or even a community of the nobility. It was a civilization! Unfortunately, for generations everyone…

— Rodney Stark

The greater part of our best years has been passed for our generation in these two great worldconvulsions. All will be changed after this…

— Stefan Zweig