Reposted by Jacob Dickinson
The existence of most of these ruins was entirely unknown to the residents of the capital;—but few had ever been visited by white inhabitants;—they were desolate, and overgrown with trees.
Jacob Dickinson
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I’m posting some evocative quotes from Edward Gibbon’s “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” Pagination is from the 1946 Heritage Press edition (the prettiest affordable one, IMO). Thanks to users on my “Storytellers” list.
