
Geschichte des Verfalls und Untergangs des Römischen Reiches
"Antoninus diffused order and tranquillity over the greatest part of the earth. His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind." - "The decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", chap. III ccel.org http://www.ccel.org/g/gibbon/decline/volume1/chap3.htm