Charles Synyard (@CharlesSynyard)
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Perceptive! In Edward Gibbon’s famous chapter giving a brief history of Roman law, he shows how the many visible signs with legal significance hearken back to an illiterate, savage time. #EdwardGibbon #Gibbon #DeclineAndFallOfTheRomanEmpire #RomanEmpire #Rome #law #archaic #gestures #ancienthistory #history #books