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Created: 2025-07-25 13:05:36 UTC

Gibbon opens his history in the age of the Antonines when Rome looked invincible.

The empire stretched from Britain to Syria.
The roads were safe, taxes were stable, and emperors like Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius seemed wise and just.

But it was all a facade.

![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwtI16vWgAE5K78.jpg)

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