[SkyRat]

First time I hear that.

I'm only a amateur, my knowledge of the fall and decline of Rome is small. Yet the little I know fits quite nicely within the original post of this thread.

Do you have any sources for your statment? I'm very interessted to learn more.

Regards
SkyRat

[happydogdesign]

I would highly recommend Charles Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody, (along with just about any of his other books,) for a lot of fun facts and information that will give you much better perspective on how lucky we have it today. He has written a lot of books and articles on the origins of many things, and put together this collection of the rather ghastly demise of many people, beliefs, medical practices, and cultures. It is not for squeamish-especially the section on- well never mind- you'll know it when you see it.