Re:“Peak Civilization”: The Fall of the Roman Empire (2009)
by titanix2 on Saturday March 17, 2018 @10:04PM
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Walls being useless in one situation at a given time and place does not mean they are always useless: for instance the great wall of China have been really useful to keep northern barbarians at bay for centuries.
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Re:“Peak Civilization”: The Fall of the Roman Empire (2009)
by icebraining on Saturday March 17, 2018 @10:14PM
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And the walls surrounding Constantinople kept the eastern Roman empire going for an extra millennium after the western part fell.