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Re:Did English ever have a formal version of "you"? (2011) by ffgjgf1 on Sunday December 24, 2023 @04:43PM (#38757162)
> trace the ultimate fall of the Roman Empire to

Or the plague and the subsequent Arab invasions. The empire was rebounded several times from near collapse after the 300s

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Re:Did English ever have a formal version of "you"? (2011) by NewsyHacker on Sunday December 24, 2023 @04:50PM (#38757238)
The Western Empire was the only Roman Empire that the Italian Fascists ever really cared about. Early Byzantium was totally foreign to their mythology.
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