Opium-of-the-people Quote by Edward Gibbon

“The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as…

— Edward Gibbon

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as…

— Edward Gibbon

The policy of the emperors and the senate, as far as it concerned religion, was happily seconded by the reflections of the enlightened, and…

— Edward Gibbon

“For the price of a modest meal you can ponder the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, the origin of species, the interpretation…

— Carl Sagan

“Edward Gibbon, in his classic work on the fall of the Roman Empire, describes the Roman era's declension as a place where "bizarreness masqueraded…

— Edward Gibbon

“Contemporaries struggled to make sense of what, to them, was the complete collapse of the world order. “Why does [God] allow us to be…

— Peter Frankopan

“The failure of the roman system to furnish decent minimal standards for the mass of people was a fundamental cause of instability, both political…

— H.J. Haskell

“The gods were gone, but imperial status remained unchanged –divinus remained a technical term meaning ‘imperial’. The emperor’s position was all the more central…

— Chris Wickham

“Through the sacrifice of each martyr, the power of the Roman Empire became increasingly weakened until it completely collapsed. This was certainly spiritual warfare…

— Ana Mendez Ferrell

“Popes come and go, empires clash, new worlds arise, but Rome is eternally Rome, which is to say that its people were busy as…

— Sara Poole

“Christianity is a lie, and possibly the best one ever constructed because aside from architecture, it is all that survives from the Roman Empire.”

— Alejandro C. Estrada

The Roman Empire was very, very much like us. They lost their moral core, their sense of values in terms of who they were.…

— Benjamin Carson