[C19fan]

When people talk about parallels between Rome and the US they usually mean the fall of the Republic not so much as the fall of the Western Empire. I read about disease and history. The Roman Empire started to be ravaged by epidemics when regular trade opened up with China, Central Asia, and India via the Indian Ocean or the Silk Road. Roman women luved silks but plague went along for the ride too.

[CodeJockey]

Listening to Rush the other week and he posed an interesting question...

No matter how long the earth has been around, 2,000 years, 10,000 years, 1 million years, 4.5 billion years, why is the current climate considered the norm? Is it just coincidence that the norm is occurring during the life of these scientists?

[Salman]

But seriously folks.

There was no fire from Heaven moment called "The Fall of Rome".

There were some rough spots of barbarian invasions and the like, but no definite "fall". It was a slow decline spread out over centuries, giving way to the Middle Ages.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

If we accept the highly questionable premise that Rome fell because of climate change it shows that climate change is normal and modern CC is NOT necessarily man-made. Might as well say Rome fell because of the Ozone hole.

[Little Ray]

When Rome fell, the chief culprits were corrupt Patricians bringing barbarians into the Empire as cheap labor, wimpy Romans shirking their duty in the legions, corrupt politicians, insane Emperors, and excessive government spending.

Sound familiar?

[M Kehoe]

Damn, I didn’t know there were SUV’ s back then.

5.56mm

[cranked]

Most Roman historians are laughing their asses off at this garbage......

[Popman]

Yup, those German barbarians at the gates had nothing to do with the fall of Rome...