This is in
Gibbon. Years ago I set out to read an abridged version of the Decline and Fall, but I bogged down in the preliminaries. Browsing through, this account caught my eye and renewed my enthusiasm.
This is in Gibbon. Years ago I set out to read an abridged version of the Decline and Fall, but I bogged down in the preliminaries. Browsing through, this account caught my eye and renewed my enthusiasm.
Gibbon is somewhat obsolete. He wrote from an anti-Catholic/Christian perspective, which, in my opinion, is why he continues to remain in print today while many of his Catholic/Christian critics are long out of print. As you observed, he's not exactly an easy read.
The accounts which this article is based upon may be found in the
Paschal Chronicle, the
History of the Persian Wars, and the Chronicle of John Malalas.