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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 18718404, member: 24754"]I also kinda have my own take on the subject. I see the "Fall of the Roman Empire" as having occurred in incremental phases:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Augustus-Severus Alexander:</b> Empire proper</p><p><b>Thrax-Diocletian:</b> Shambled remnants of Empire</p><p><b>Constantine-Theodosius:</b> Major shift in religion and power</p><p><b>Post Theodosius:</b> Rome only in name and institution structure</p><p><br /></p><p>The true end of the Empire occurred when a significant share of power was shifted toward the Christian Church. The decent into theocracy ended the social, cultural, and technological progression that I associate with the Empire proper, and instead brought about 1000 years of stagnation and regression on those fronts. The "West" that fell shortly thereafter, and "East" that fell eventually were simply the decomposed remnants of what had once been the Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank goodness for the Renaissance and Age of Enlightenment!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 18718404, member: 24754"]I also kinda have my own take on the subject. I see the "Fall of the Roman Empire" as having occurred in incremental phases: [B]Augustus-Severus Alexander:[/B] Empire proper [B]Thrax-Diocletian:[/B] Shambled remnants of Empire [B]Constantine-Theodosius:[/B] Major shift in religion and power [B]Post Theodosius:[/B] Rome only in name and institution structure The true end of the Empire occurred when a significant share of power was shifted toward the Christian Church. The decent into theocracy ended the social, cultural, and technological progression that I associate with the Empire proper, and instead brought about 1000 years of stagnation and regression on those fronts. The "West" that fell shortly thereafter, and "East" that fell eventually were simply the decomposed remnants of what had once been the Roman Empire. Thank goodness for the Renaissance and Age of Enlightenment!![/QUOTE]
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