Almost a millennium? According to the article the Roman Empire fell in the last decades of the 4th century. That's 400 years from the death of Christ, and incl

Almost a millennium? According to the article the Roman Empire fell in the last decades of the 4th century. That's 400 years from the death of Christ, and includes the 100 years or so where Christians were badly persecuted. A fact, I might add, the author leaves out of her analysis.