Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) britischer Historiker
Geschichte des Verfalls und Untergangs des Römischen Reiches <br class="br">"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