Wednesday, June 14, 2023

 

The Practice of Civilized Nations

Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter XLI (533 AD):
[T]he war was preceded, according the practice of civilized nations, by the most solemn protestations that each party was sincerely desirous of peace.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 1:18 PM


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