Template:RQ:Gibbon Roman Empire

1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC:

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Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Edward Gibbon's work The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1st edition, 1776–1788, 6 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

|1= or |volume= – mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, from |volume=I to |volume=VI.
|2= or |chapter= – the name of the chapter, or the chapter number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals.
|footnote= – if quoting from a footnote, the footnote number in Arabic numerals.
|column= or |columns= – if quoting from a footnote, the column number(s) quoted from, either |column=1 or |column=2. If quoting from both columns, either omit this parameter or separate the column numbers with an en dash, like this: |columns=1–2.
|3= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=10–11.
- You must also use |pageref= to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).

This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.

|4=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
|footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
|brackets= – use |brackets=on to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, “some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell”) rather than an actual use of it (for example, “we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset”), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

Examples

Wikitext:
- {{RQ:Gibbon Roman Empire|volume=III|chapter=General Observations on the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West|page=631|passage=But the decline of Rome vvas the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatneſs. Proſperity '''ripened''' the principle of decay; the cauſes of deſtruction multiplied vvith the extent of conqueſt; and as ſoon as time or accident had removed the artificial ſupports, the ſtupendous fabric yielded to the preſſure of its ovvn vveight. The ſtory of its ruin is ſimple and obvious; and instead of enquiring ''vvhy'' the Roman empire vvas deſtroyed, vve ſhould rather be ſurprised that it had ſubſiſted ſo long.}}; or
- {{RQ:Gibbon Roman Empire|III|General Observations on the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West|631|But the decline of Rome vvas the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatneſs. Proſperity '''ripened''' the principle of decay; the cauſes of deſtruction multiplied vvith the extent of conqueſt; and as ſoon as time or accident had removed the artificial ſupports, the ſtupendous fabric yielded to the preſſure of its ovvn vveight. The ſtory of its ruin is ſimple and obvious; and instead of enquiring ''vvhy'' the Roman empire vvas deſtroyed, vve ſhould rather be ſurprised that it had ſubſiſted ſo long.}}
Result:
- 1781, Edward Gibbon, “General Observations on the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West”, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume III, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 631:
  But the decline of Rome vvas the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatneſs. Proſperity ripened the principle of decay; the cauſes of deſtruction multiplied vvith the extent of conqueſt; and as ſoon as time or accident had removed the artificial ſupports, the ſtupendous fabric yielded to the preſſure of its ovvn vveight. The ſtory of its ruin is ſimple and obvious; and instead of enquiring vvhy the Roman empire vvas deſtroyed, vve ſhould rather be ſurprised that it had ſubſiſted ſo long.

Wikitext: {{RQ:Gibbon Roman Empire|volume=V|chapter=XLIX|pages=168–169|pageref=169|passage=At the head of his victorious legions, in his reign over the ſea and land, from the Nile and Euphrates to the Atlantic ocean, [[w:Augustus|Auguſtus]] proclaimed himſelf the ſervant of the ſtate and the equal of his fellovv-citizens. The conqueror of Rome and her provinces aſſumed the popular and legal form of a '''cenſor''', a conſul, and a tribune.}}
Result:
- 1788, Edward Gibbon, chapter XLIX, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume V, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, pages 168–169:
  At the head of his victorious legions, in his reign over the ſea and land, from the Nile and Euphrates to the Atlantic ocean, Auguſtus proclaimed himſelf the ſervant of the ſtate and the equal of his fellovv-citizens. The conqueror of Rome and her provinces aſſumed the popular and legal form of a cenſor, a conſul, and a tribune.