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Excerpt from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1
III. Thelastand laugestofthese periods includes about sixcenturiesandahalfgfromtherevivalofthewestern Empiretillthetskingomxstantinople bythe'l'urksand theextiuctionofadegenmteraceofprinmwhooontinued to assume the titlesofcesar and Augustus, a?m' their dominionswere contracted to the limits ofasingle city; in whichthehnglmgauwdlu'mmemoftheancient Romanshadbeenlongsinceforgotten. Thewriterwho shouldundertsketorelatethe'eventsofthisperiodwonld findhimselfobliged toenterinto thegeneral historyofthe Cmmdqasfarastheycontr'ibuted totheruinofthegreek Empire; and he would smrcelybeable tor-estrainhiscurio sityfrommaking'some enquiry intothe stateofthe cityof Rome during the darkness and confusionofthe middleages.
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