History Quote by Eileen Power

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

— Rodney Stark

The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn't it? We're reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization.

— Dean Koontz

Civilization largely consists in hiding human nature. When the barbarian learns to hide it we account him enlightened.

— Mark Twain

Maybe they didn't want you to realize that every civilization has its weakness. There's always one thing we depend on. And if someone takes…

— Scott Westerfeld

“Sidheag could be quite crass, the result of having been raised by men, or Scots, or soldiers, or werewolves, or all four.”

— Gail Carriger

The fall of Rome seemed unthinkable to people at the time but inevitable to historians reflecting upon it with the benefit of context.

— Mary Pilon

“Their history wasn’t so far off the mean track, they were going through what a thousand other civilizations had gone through, and no doubt…

— Iain M. Banks

“I think about that centurion from time to time and wonder, had he retired to a farm in Campagna, happy with his harvest of…

— Andrew Levkoff

I'm a student of history and know that civilizations get lost - they are born and die - and so I recognize the tender…

— Gangaji

“What happened? It took Gibbon six volumes to describe the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, so I shan’t embark on that. But…

— Kenneth Clark

“At the sight of the city utterly perishing amidst the flames Scipio burst into tears, and stood long reflecting on the inevitable change which…

— Polybius

Rome was so mighty that it could not fall. It had to vanish in a cloud, like so many of the mythical heros of…

— H. P. Lovecraft