• splendoruranium@infosec.pub
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    10 days ago

    The decline and fall of the Roman empire was something that took place over the course of centuries, involved events largely out of the control of individuals and affected very large areas and very diverse and different cultures.

    I simply may not know enough about it, but I wouldn’t call it “stupid”. It’s just not a word that I can see applying here. It wasn’t a historical event, more like some kind of plate tectonics process.

    • Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 days ago

      history happens slowly then suddenly.

      the political class of the western empire had been pulling itself apart for centuries.