Those noxious chariots really messed up the atmosphere. All that Roman smog!
I saw a documentary not long ago that said that there's irrefutable evidence that Central Park in Manhattan was once enveloped by a glacier almost a mile thick.And yet for centuries there hasn't even been a hint of a glacier there.
Socialism defeated rome.
I would disagree.
I think the Roman Empire disintegrated as a cohesive unit because of uncontrolled migrations of people who would not assimilate. The laws, the culture, the political administration could not handle the influx of outsiders who held on to their barbarian ways.
Sound familiar?
The speed with which were recapitulating the decline and fall of Rome is impressive, opined the conservative commentator Bill Kristol,
One of the major contributors to the fall of Rome was migration, you putz.
So build a Wall.
Romans SHOULD have done that.
What is NOT mentioned is:
There WAS a Roman Warming Period, there were NO SUV’s and it was WARMER than the Current Warming Period.
And when it ended, Rome did indeed fall.
Warming is good.
Bull Shiiet! Rome fell because Romans didn’t want to fight anymore so some of their Legions were 80% and more non Romans who were there for the money. When ruthless barbarians came after them they collapsed.
It is true, the rise and fall of Rome parallels climate fluctuations. This has nothing to do with us today because we are undergoing no such fluctuations. It might, if the predicted cooling begins to occur.
It was illegal immigration that caused the fall of the Western Empire.
“Historians have long neglected the role of these actors germs and climate in bringing down Rome,”
And crystal ball gazers making comparisons between Rome and today IGNORE the scientific and technological advancements human society has made, which collectively make human capabilities today better poised to overcome the natural disasters that helped Rome’s decline.
The political and moral similarities however are another matter.
And just because Gibbon forgot to mention it doesn't mean it didn't happen!
Except those weren’t the cause. You’d have to be pretty blind to Roman history not to know it was in large part immigration and mass migration.
Same garbage floated when Barbara Tuchman
Released “A Distant Mirror” an eon ago .. It’s all
Just hubris to fill news space ...
The Roman Empire fell for the same reason the Spanish, British and Soviet Empires fell, and for the same reason ours will fail. It’s why all empires or societies are bound to fail. People simply stop believing in them. Over time, contradictions arise that can no longer be resolved through the belief in a common identity or system of government. These contradictions are inherent in any economic, moral, social, and military establishment. This is what History is all about
One of the often over looked reasons Rome fell was poltical factions were frequently more interested in stabbing their political opposition in the back then fighting the enemies of the Empire.
Sound familiar?
An excellent case has been made that the key was when Rome conscripted foreigners to do all of the jobs that they did not want to do or did not have the people to do. IOW, they imported illegal aliens. Sound Familiar? They had expanded so far that they could no longer staff all of the needs of the Empire.
The “Climate Of Stupidity & Weakness” is bringing the American Republic down. And “conservatives” like Bill Kristol, Marco Rubio, Linda Grahamnesty, Jeff Flake, Paul Ryan, and John McCain are Exhibit A.
And yet the Byzantine Empire lasted 1,000 years after Rome fell.
I thought it was the Russians.