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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2434945, member: 19463&quot;]Probably. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can agree with no statement that perpetuates the myth that Rome, or part of it, fell in 476 AD.&nbsp; That is the kind of thing invented by people who write multiple choice tests and cause schools to teach to the test rather than promoting understanding.&nbsp; At one time we went through a time when students were required to write essays on why Rome fell or why it lasted so long.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure those days were any better.&nbsp; What other dates are sacred to history teachers who do not understand how to do anything but churn out another generation of date memorizers?&nbsp; How else can we promote an understanding of history that might actually lead to us avoiding its repeated pattern of mistakes?</p><p><br /></p><p>Amen.&nbsp; Currently it is in the hands of people who prefer we not collect their coins but don&#039;t mind when we populate their cruise ships.&nbsp; A fair question may be where&nbsp; and how often has Rome been moved since Constantine started a trend to separating the civilization from one particular set of hills.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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