Note 135 — Capitolo VI
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«Falcandus has been styled the Tacitus of Sicily, and after a just but immense abatement, from the first to the twelfth century, from a senator to a monk, I would not strip him of his title; his narrative is rapid and perspicuous, his style bold and elegant, his observation keen: he had studied mankind and feels like a man.» Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, cap. LVI.