Premise: The situation stabilized with Vespasian, and the second century A.D. is often considered the golden age of the empire (Gibbon himself says that the time of Marcus Aurelius--late second century--was the best time to live of all in history).

Hypothesis: The time of Marcus Aurelius is claimed by Gibbon to be the best time to live of all in history because everyone in the empire had resources.
Relation: neutral