I have the second-hand impression [0] that Gibbon exemplifies a particular focus of explanation that some later authors drew contrast against by emphasizing the

I have the second-hand impression [0] that Gibbon exemplifies a particular focus of explanation that some later authors drew contrast against by emphasizing the continuity/influence of some social and cultural (ex Christian church) institutions or trappings that continued after Augustus Romulus. [0] in a three part blog by Bret Devereaux https://acoup.blog/?s=roman+empire+fall https://acoup.blog/?s=roman+empire+fall