The slow and lingering death of empires
Posted: 05 Aug 2026, 10:08
Europe in 500 AD: Rome Had Fallen in the West, but Its World Refused to Die.
Imagine standing somewhere in Europe in the year 500 AD... The last western emperor had been removed only twenty four years earlier. Roman armies no longer guarded every frontier, imperial taxes were...
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Imagine standing somewhere in Europe in the year 500 AD... The last western emperor had been removed only twenty four years earlier. Roman armies no longer guarded every frontier, imperial taxes were...
https://t.co/DJ1OVg51kB" / X https://share.google/y1AmjavT6UVaULH6j