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Rebecca Ballard's avatar

Another info packed essay. I can’t challenge your grasp of history as others have done, but you’ve painted a clear picture of both divisive and unifying forces. I think the MVP is the Christian religion, growing exponentially as it did and becoming major player in the power game. Thanks.

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Patrick's avatar

You seem to be on the side of, eg, the "barbarian" Huns, rather than the despotic Romans. But if you flip the angle, it seems you could argue that mass foreign immigration into the imperial core may be a factor in destroying an empire. Thus that immigration is a net cultural and economic negative for the majority of people living there, regardless of the political system?

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