Re:No Barbarians Necessary
by hacknat on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @12:06PM
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What's interesting is it's not even close to being a new observation. Taking the blame for the fall of Rome off of the shoulders of "the Barbarians" is as old as Gibbon[1].
Elites got to define history (especially before the printing press). Of course they blamed "the Barbarians", but what's really true is that Roman society started eating itself.
The claim that the fall of Rome was a "good" thing, on the other hand, is simplistic beyond belief.
Elites got to define history (especially before the printing press). Of course they blamed "the Barbarians", but what's really true is that Roman society started eating itself.
The claim that the fall of Rome was a "good" thing, on the other hand, is simplistic beyond belief.
[1]https://smile.amazon.com/Decline-Empire-Volumes-Everymans-Li...