[AF] Decline and fall

[Rob Landry]

On Tue, 13 Aug 2019, jpotter at jpotter.com wrote:

>Rob Landry wrote: " ...we live in a time of imperial decline."

>My resp:  Yup.  As the Roman Empire fell, are we the next domino?  Many
>factors point to 'yes.'  Regrets.

Empires are not dominos, though; they can take a long time to fall. The Visigoths sacked Rome in 410; the last western emperor died in 480, but the Senate continued to meet until approximately 600.

And of course, the eastern half of the empire didn't fall until 1453.

Rob