[Desdemona]

I would guess Rome really fell from government over-spending, defunding their military for welfare spending, and a breakdown in the culture caused by assimilation failure.

Not to mention adoption of immoral lifestyles and the weakening of the will to defend the empire. Talk about self-indulgent, decadent cultures. Not many in written history surpass it.

[this is my country]

“Not to mention adoption of immoral lifestyles and the weakening of the will to defend the empire.”

Sounds, frightenly, familiar.

[Eurotwit]

And, the same as in modern day Europe.

The romans stopped to reproduce.

In many cases, the german tribes did not have to conquer anything.

They just waltzed into empty villages.

The future belongs to those who show up.