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The Roman Empire being there was probably weirder than it falling. There hasn't been as extensive empire in that area since. It was sort of defying gravity to
by sien 2y ago
The Roman Empire being there was probably weirder than it falling. There hasn't been as extensive empire in that area since.
It was sort of defying gravity to be there at all.
Then sooner or later things would go wrong and it would fall to pieces.
As in The Talking Heads song 'things fall apart, it's scientific'.
- beezlebroxxxxxx 2y agoThere is a great recent book on the Roman Empire's unique role in European history and why no other power in the region could matching it after "the fall" was, eventually, something that worked out in Europe's favour. It's called: "Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity" https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172187/escape-from-rome https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172187/es...