Book: History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 1 Yet Commodus was not, as he has been represented, a tiger born with an insatiate thirst of human blood, and capable, from his infancy, of the most inhuman actions. Nature had formed him of a weak rather than a wicked disposition. His simplicity and timidity rendered him the slave of his attendants, who gradually corrupted his mind. His cruelty, which at first obeyed the dictates of others, degenerated into habit, and at length became the ruling passion of his soul.
Details of Book: History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 1 Book: History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol. 1
Author: Edward Gibbon
ISBN: 1419124153
ISBN-13: 9781419124150
, 978-1419124150
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: Jun 2004
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Number of Pages: 636
Language: English