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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 3545029, member: 87200&quot;]Nice post [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] - alternative theories about why the western empire fell are interesting to contemplate. If you listen to the History Channel it was lead pipes, leading to a certain kind of stupor over the centuries. (I don&#039;t think that theory holds up). Some other History Channel favorites are Attila the Hun, or the Goths sacking Rome in the year 410. Gibbon blames Christianity for extinguishing the martial spirit of the Romans. </p><p><br /></p><p>But I think the dumb, dumber, and dumbest (Honorius) theory has some merit. </p><p>Given a couple of strong emperors the west may have survived unconquered. But if you think about, the western barbarian rulers mostly paid homage to Constantinople and the emperor of the east, and ruled in his name. So in a sense the empire never really &quot;fell&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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