ssillyssadass@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agoWas the fall of Rome this stupid?message-squaremessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down11
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareWas the fall of Rome this stupid?ssillyssadass@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square47linkfedilink
minus-squareGold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agohistory happens slowly then suddenly. the political class of the western empire had been pulling itself apart for centuries.
minus-squaremeco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days ago history happens slowly then suddenly With how fast we are able to communicate, I’d say it’s likely to happen faster this time around. When the emperor does something that fucks over the populace, they can hear about it within minutes. During Roman times it could have taken months.
history happens slowly then suddenly.
the political class of the western empire had been pulling itself apart for centuries.
With how fast we are able to communicate, I’d say it’s likely to happen faster this time around. When the emperor does something that fucks over the populace, they can hear about it within minutes. During Roman times it could have taken months.