Right now I'm reading: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6415185-lost-to-the-west https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6415185-lost-to-the-west There's a stro

Right now I'm reading: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6415185-lost-to-the-west https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6415185-lost-to-the-west There's a strong argument to be made that the Romans existed as a political entity for 2000 years and that the final end wasn't until the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The last thousand years are mainly a story of slow decay which is why they get lopped off in all the simple narratives about the fall of Rome. If there's anything to be learned from Rome, it's that an advanced civilization can survive almost anything.