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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 7939053, member: 97383&quot;]This morning I read an excellent article by <b>Edward J. Watts</b>, <b>&quot;Rome Didn&#039;t Fall When You Think It Did. Here&#039;s Why That Fabricated History Still Maters Today&quot;</b>. Watts contends that Justinian I really caused the fall of Rome, &amp; substantiates this idea with facts that are hard to refute. In school kids are taught that Odoacer&#039;s removal of Romulus Augustus in AD 476 was the &quot;official&quot; fall of Rome, however, the facts don&#039;t support this.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1373722[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome enjoyed 60 years of prosperity after Odoacer&#039;s takeover (Watts also points out that Odoacer wasn&#039;t a Goth), &amp; the war that Justinian I waged to win Rome back again was the event that really caused the fall of Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="https://time.com/6101964/fabricated-fall-rome-lessons-history/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://time.com/6101964/fabricated-fall-rome-lessons-history/" rel="nofollow">https://time.com/6101964/fabricated-fall-rome-lessons-history/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1373727[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1373731[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1373732[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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