3) Rome was defeated by the barbarians but it was exterminated by Byzantium (the greek sphere, particularly old europe) and the Levant. And christianity forcibly imposed upon it. Just like most of europe. to PREVENT the restoration of aristocratic civilization.
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@LibrarianVee
@Ozpin_88 @curtdoolittle God help me, I feel so impatient with evaluating history by current tropes. You have GOT to understand western Catholicism was BREAKING your so-called “monopoly” of Byzantium. It was China AND Islam who had “monopoly” of the Silk Road. Stop provincial views of history.
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