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![“[The] events by which the fate of nations is not materially changed, leave a faint impression on the page of history, and the patience of the reader would be exhausted by the repetition of the same hostilities [between Rome and Persia], undertaken without cause, prosecuted without glory, and…” quote by Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/228/edward-gibbon-710_causes_the-events-by-which-the-fate-of-nations_826775.jpg)
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