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2024-11-17 Science & Technology

Scientists discover what caused the Roman Empire to collapse 1,500 years ago

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-11-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11155 views ] Top

#1 The Persians and Sassanian wiped out a key mining city in the Eastern Roman Empire with tunneling and chemical and gas warfare.
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Posted by 3dc 2024-11-17 01:34|| 2024-11-17 01:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Let us not forget the barbarian invasions by the Goths and Nordics, also.

A quick look at the Roman Empire history shows a lot of parallels to the DC Swamp's own history and actions.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-11-17 07:11|| 2024-11-17 07:11|| Front Page Top

#3 It didn't help that Justinian wasted the resources and manpower of the Eastern Empire trying to resurrect the old Roman Empire in the West*. That and offing your best generals because he was paranoid about his position on the throne.

* some parallel with America and Western Europe there.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-11-17 08:15|| 2024-11-17 08:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Clearly Roman SUVs caused the climate change that lead to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.

Posted by EMS Artifact 2024-11-17 10:23|| 2024-11-17 10:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Rome fell when the average “Roman” no longer knew what it meant to be Roman.

Posted by Jefe101 2024-11-17 14:07|| 2024-11-17 14:07|| Front Page Top

#6 They used the Dial of Destiny to travel to the future, saw Gladiator 2, and went back to tell the story.

They discovered that the Romans miscalculated their Persian opponents which caused their downward spiral, leaving them weak and allowing Islam to rise in a manner that essentially wiped out the once-powerful civilization.

The two groups were at war from 54 BC to 628 for control of territories, but the Persians and Sassanians took over Roman trade routes that were critical to their victory.

No. Doy.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-11-17 19:37|| 2024-11-17 19:37|| Front Page Top

Posted by N. Ambrosia 2024-11-17 21:25|| 2024-11-17 21:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Think AND, my dear ACA Joe, not OR. The issue is never a single problem that could have been recovered from, but a bunch of problems, all more or less at the same time.

Posted by trailing wife 2024-11-17 21:40|| 2024-11-17 21:40|| Front Page Top

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