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Rome did not collapse at all, it just entered a long slow decline period where the central power became less and less effective while independent city states th
by swombat 9y ago
Rome did not collapse at all, it just entered a long slow decline period where the central power became less and less effective while independent city states thrived and created numerous works of art, developed scientifically and commercially and militarily, and generally weren’t particularly aware that there was a “collapse” going on.
- kristjankalm 9y ago" generally weren’t particularly aware that there was a collapse going on" yes they very much were -- read the history of Gothic wars or Totila's sack of Rome. Even more the sack by Alaric in 410, despite the lack of damage done, was a truly shocking event for contemporary writers and external observers.
- jules 9y agoI wasn't aware of this. What art did they create, and which scientific, commercial, and military developments?
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- mcguire 9y agoSpecifically, between, say, 400 and 800CE?