Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.” ~ Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) English historian and Member of ParliamentSource: Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. I, Ch. II