Finally, someone on FR who understands the dynamics of the Fall of the Roman Empire!
I am constantly dismayed by the lack of understanding of the root causes of that fall. H.G. Wells has a great chapter or two on this subject in The Outline of History
Thank you for your post
57 posted on 07/30/2010 10:36:17 AM PDT by bill1952
(Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)