Coming Soon: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Then and Now

Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_and_fall_of_the_roman_empire)

This is to announce to our readers that the Diliman Diary is currently and systematically reading and analyzing Edward Gibbon's epic work, "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," to see how the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire relates more than a thousand years later, and half a planet away to the Diliman and greater communities.

We shall post the analysis when it is finished. Any insights from our readers on the contemporary and ancient issues of imperial overstretch, the blindness and arrogance of power, the loss of ethics and virtue in governance and how they relate to institutions within your community are most welcome. Please email these to: The Editor. dilimandiaryATyahoo.com Full credit will be given for any relevant insights or submissions, but these will be merged or collapsed within the larger article.

Interested readers may download "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" in its entire twelve volumes for free and without violation of any copyright laws (as this work is already in the public domain) from the following link, courtesy of Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25717. 

Thank you very much.