We may come nearer to understanding the truth, if we remember that the fall of Rome, like her rise, had not one cause, but many. And it was not an event, but a process spread over 300 years.

13 seconds sound clip from the The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) movie soundboard.

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- Two of the greatest problems in history are how to account for the rise of Rome, and how to account for her fall.

- We may come nearer to understanding the truth, if we remember that the fall of Rome, like her rise, had not one cause, but many. And it was not an event, but a process spread over 300 years.

- Some nations have not lasted as long as Rome fell.

- In the year 180 A.D., the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, was leading his Roman legions against the Germanic tribes along the Danube frontier.

- My lord, Caesar. The omens are bad.

- I could not find its heart.

- When I was a child, I had a secret fear that night would come, and would never end. That we would live out our lives in total darkness. It was a small fear then.

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