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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iameatingjam, post: 7948874, member: 118287&quot;]Oh okay I think I get it, I said &#039;Justinian needed a way a justify his invasion&#039;. Perhaps poor choice of words... I mean I dont think you can have too much justification for a war, but I get your points, he didn&#039;t need the justification, it just helped.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;If I would have said instead &quot; during his lifetime the narrative of the past shifted in a way beneficial to those currently in power... like&nbsp; &#039;in 476 the west fell to vicious barbarians, we must take italy back!&#039;&quot;. Not quite the same ring, but accurate I think. </p><p><br /></p><p>Is that where the disconnect is? I don&#039;t know. I mean I think it should be obvious to anyone that has more than passing interest in ancient history that rome didn&#039;t turn off like a light switch. I think it was implied when I said 476 was not a significant year AT THE TIME.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rise of fall of empires are a spectrum, and I&#039;m surprised my comments had you believing otherwise. Though again it was probably my choice of words, I&#039;m so bad with that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I&#039;m missing something, was that the miscommunication/disagreement? Or was there something else that you thought made our comments incompatible??</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway.. have a good night sir.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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