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The fall of the Roman empire was due to birth control?
by grey-area 10y ago
The fall of the Roman empire was due to birth control?
- mamon 10y agoMaybe not only because of that, but abortion was pretty common in Roman Empire. If you think it requires modern medicine to conduct abortion then you are mistaken.
- omonra 10y agoCan you cite anything that mentions birth control as having anything to do with roman empire collapse? I'm genuinely interested.
- pjc50 10y agoThis is ridiculous, because the Roman empire did not collapse due to running out of Romans. Rome had a very generous naturalisation policy, part of its success. The fall of Rome is probably the most overdetermined overinvestigated event in history; everyone has their pet theory. It's usually marked as the crossing of the Rhine by various 'barbarians' and the inability to mount an effective defence.
- visarga 10y agoYes, but the Romans didn't have robots and automation. It will cancel out the decrease in population.