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Re:Maps of the Roman Empire by pjmlp on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @05:41AM (#8201675)
> But then the Barbarians from Northern Europe came...

Sometimes I wonder how things would have been if that didn't happen.

So much technology that was lost, only to be re-discovered centuries later.

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Re:Maps of the Roman Empire by denizozger on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @05:45AM (#8201691)
Indeed those few centuries after Roman Empire collapses is a great example of human race not (necessarily) advancing as time passes.
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