> The question only makes sense if you subscribe to the European centric idea that the Roman Empire fell with Rome and the medieval era was a set back. The sam

> The question only makes sense if you subscribe to the European centric idea that the Roman Empire fell with Rome and the medieval era was a set back. The same author has a great series on whether and how we should think of Rome as falling: https://acoup.blog/category/collections/fall-of-rome/ https://acoup.blog/category/collections/fall-of-rome/