Whenever discussions on the fall of Rome are held, and the word "Christianity" is mentioned; it's as if people go into a rabid frenzy and start screaming about how you shouldn't touch Gibbons with a 10-foot pole if you know what's best for you. "Modern historical consensus is that he was wrong" is something I read a lot... yet it ends there? No one ever explains what exactly he was wrong about, and how. Why is Gibbons wrong?