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To: AntiGuv; EternalVigilance

So after 180 AD, the Roman Empire was at once degaying and decaying?

221 posted on 02/04/2007 3:08:14 PM PST by Torie (The real facts can sometimes be inconvenient things)

To: Torie

Rome lasted almost 900 years before they embraced 'gaydom', Rome was sacked about 200 years later.

224 posted on 02/04/2007 3:10:49 PM PST by narses ("Freedom is about authority." - Rudolph Giuliani)

To: Torie

So after 180 AD, the Roman Empire was at once degaying and decaying?

That's quite safe to say, yes. Sexual mores became steadily more restrictive during Late Antiquity.

226 posted on 02/04/2007 3:11:12 PM PST by AntiGuv ("..I do things for political expediency.." - Sen. John McCain on FOX News)

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