PKD does not argue that the actual roman empire did not fell. It's most around the idea of the empire and the existence of an entity that continuously makes our

PKD does not argue that the actual roman empire did not fell. It's most around the idea of the empire and the existence of an entity that continuously makes our life miserable. Keeping us closed in a metaphorical black iron prison. From that POV the empire never ended - even worse: nowadays we have multiple flavours of it.