tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post6674457969502464591..comments2023-11-02T10:22:20.717-04:00Comments on Mike Anderson's Ancient History Blog: Reasons for the Fall of the Roman Empire - GibbonMike Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072553719998549925noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-10144130623777382072022-11-12T14:38:23.853-05:002022-11-12T14:38:23.853-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.bojo2112jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12205163359184013380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-6824665474693724472012-04-11T13:31:27.592-04:002012-04-11T13:31:27.592-04:00I had to pause at end of Volume 3 of Gibbons:
&qu...I had to pause at end of Volume 3 of Gibbons:<br /><br />"We may therefore acquiesce in the pleasing conclusion, that every age of the world has increased, and still increases, the real wealth, the happiness, the knowledge, and perhaps the virtue, of the human race."sftommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06657052228092275852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-41641978900002263622012-04-09T22:47:10.197-04:002012-04-09T22:47:10.197-04:00The problem is that Constantine and his precessors...The problem is that Constantine and his precessors and successors rest the foundation of the empire on to give a modern spin cult of personality. Hence worship of the Emperor with no ceditable backup other than force of arms. If the Romans had done what the Chin had done create a universal written language instead they would avoided the problems of the use of religious cults be they Christian or Islamic monotheism and they would have truly united Europe in the long run.marcos toledohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889207159835361140noreply@blogger.com