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Re: I am talking about one of the plagues not THE plague lyringlas Send a noteboard - 07/04/2010 08:45:26 PM
I would make it not happen.

Rome doesn't resort to tactics which would result in their fall and the dark ages never happen. Europe doesn't go through the intellectual lull it did and religious dogma and irrationality isn't able to take over.

As a result, mankind is much further along today.


Didn't the Plauge happen several hundred years after the fall of Rome? Or am I just being an idiot and not quite getting what your saying?

In some cases, the same diseases were responsible for multiple instances of plague, and it's hard to accurately diagnose each of them hundreds or even thousands of years later. "Plague" killed Pericles and a host of others when Athens was besieged in the Peloponessian War; WHICH plague remains an open question.

I don't agree the Romes plague near the end is what killed it though; overextension and complacency during the Pax are more attractive candidates. Christian unity and the assimilation of so many "barbarian" German tribes kept Rome on life support and hid the decline for at least a century after its peak, but had the Empire been sustainable Constantinople would never have been founded.


The plague that came through Rome crippled its army, killing most of the young Roman soldiers. This eventually forced them to try and assimilate barbarian tribes and resort to the measures that kept it on life support.

Without the plague, Rome's population might have been strong enough to sustain Roman troops and a Roman identity, instead of seeding power to outsiders.

Of course, the reason Rome fell can be debated endlessly. I'm one of those that thinks it was the plague.

Either way, if Rome hadn't fallen like it did, I think we'd be better off by a lot today. But "Have Rome not fall like it did" doesn't sound like a very good reply ;)



What are you talking about? This was how Rome thrived through its glory days: expansion, and delegation of military service. The amount of *actual* Romans from Latinum, and later even from the Italian peninsula serving in the provinces armies was negligible. The main principle of Roman military strategy was: conquer place A, take men and armies from place A and make them serve in place X, while having people from place X guarding place A. Then, after colonizing place A with people from place V, then conquer place B to give land to people from A...and continue in such a fashion to appease everyone. The heart of the empire, Rome, much like America, didn't really grasp the idea of warfare and the hardships that came with it, because the people living there were as far from the borders as possible.
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I know I just did a survey, but this was too good to pass up. LordPerrin - 07/04/2010 12:44:15 AM 920 Views
Myself: World War I. LordPerrin - 07/04/2010 12:45:57 AM 795 Views
I don't think it's that simple. Joel - 07/04/2010 12:57:16 AM 747 Views
I see your point. LordPerrin - 07/04/2010 01:02:33 AM 740 Views
Sometimes sooner is better than later. Joel - 07/04/2010 01:10:11 AM 718 Views
True. LordPerrin - 07/04/2010 01:14:45 AM 712 Views
True, one might even say *adding* a war there would've improved things. Legolas - 07/04/2010 01:36:07 AM 693 Views
*nods* A small war is usually preferable to a big war. Joel - 07/04/2010 01:49:06 AM 699 Views
Re: True, one might even say *adding* a war there would've improved things. snoopcester - 07/04/2010 10:48:49 AM 711 Views
I had a teacher with an interesting theory related to that LadyLorraine - 07/04/2010 12:57:49 AM 588 Views
Well, at this time, it was pretty well accepted that Russia wasn't exactly a techinical power. LordPerrin - 07/04/2010 01:04:35 AM 575 Views
The Plague MalkierKnight - 07/04/2010 12:52:33 AM 676 Views
Re: The Plague LordPerrin - 07/04/2010 01:05:35 AM 571 Views
He must be talking about a different plague, but I'm not sure which one, either. *NM* Legolas - 07/04/2010 01:37:32 AM 422 Views
Maybe; there were episodic plague epidemics before and after that time. Joel - 07/04/2010 02:05:18 AM 737 Views
I am talking about one of the plagues not THE plague MalkierKnight - 07/04/2010 02:50:25 AM 672 Views
Re: I am talking about one of the plagues not THE plague lyringlas - 07/04/2010 08:45:26 PM 680 Views
I'm so glad you have the time and inclination to type up these replies. *NM* Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 07:09:22 AM 419 Views
...? lyringlas - 08/04/2010 07:51:14 PM 578 Views
Sounds like he was thanking you for saving him the effort of writing a similar reply. *NM* Legolas - 08/04/2010 09:28:55 PM 443 Views
If that is the case, then great *NM* lyringlas - 08/04/2010 09:30:51 PM 392 Views
OK, think this one's been pretty thoroughly covered in my absence. Joel - 13/04/2010 11:51:16 AM 736 Views
The spread of Christianity LadyLorraine - 07/04/2010 12:55:29 AM 757 Views
Huh. Wild to think about. *NM* LordPerrin - 07/04/2010 01:06:44 AM 429 Views
Re: The spread of Christianity lyringlas - 07/04/2010 08:47:06 PM 568 Views
Re: The spread of Christianity Camilla - 08/04/2010 09:29:17 AM 589 Views
Why would that have an impact on Judaism? Kronin al'Sulc - 08/04/2010 01:40:47 PM 681 Views
Re: Why would that have an impact on Judaism? Camilla - 08/04/2010 01:42:25 PM 496 Views
But wasn't Christianity the inspiration for a whole era of art? *NM* Kronin al'Sulc - 08/04/2010 01:41:34 PM 541 Views
Re: But wasn't Christianity the inspiration for a whole era of art? Camilla - 08/04/2010 01:44:36 PM 735 Views
precisely. LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 05:37:26 PM 687 Views
sorry, didn't see that Lorraine already addressed this. *NM* lyringlas - 08/04/2010 07:55:00 PM 421 Views
The product of Christian inspiration was heavily Hellenistic in origin... lyringlas - 08/04/2010 07:54:12 PM 563 Views
The Partition of India, 1947... *NM* BlackAdder - 07/04/2010 12:59:32 AM 421 Views
Any paticular reason why? *NM* LordPerrin - 07/04/2010 01:34:54 AM 422 Views
Agreed. *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 07/04/2010 01:59:02 AM 555 Views
The destruction of the Great Library. Joel - 07/04/2010 01:02:59 AM 653 Views
Internet spam sucks indeed. LordPerrin - 07/04/2010 01:08:23 AM 748 Views
We'll never know; makes for fascinating speculative fiction. Joel - 07/04/2010 01:13:49 AM 708 Views
This whole topic is wild, it's something I sometimes think about. LordPerrin - 07/04/2010 01:17:50 AM 688 Views
Ya, that's what makes history so gripping. Joel - 07/04/2010 01:19:54 AM 787 Views
I don't know if that's really true... Legolas - 07/04/2010 01:39:51 AM 704 Views
It wouldn't have been as sudden or extreme. Joel - 07/04/2010 01:58:39 AM 747 Views
"Joel captures Alexandria! The Great Library is destroyed!" *NM* moondog - 07/04/2010 01:08:35 AM 303 Views
NOOOO1111 Joel - 07/04/2010 01:11:33 AM 607 Views
A shame. It's one of the better ones, too. *NM* BlackAdder - 07/04/2010 01:14:20 AM 430 Views
Not in the first two Civs. Joel - 07/04/2010 01:22:43 AM 542 Views
Civ, i love that game... MalkierKnight - 07/04/2010 03:01:13 AM 644 Views
Yeah that's one of the small annoying things BlackAdder - 07/04/2010 07:34:52 AM 534 Views
An interesting point MalkierKnight - 07/04/2010 02:57:03 AM 711 Views
That's usually my reply to this question too *NM* ironclad - 07/04/2010 11:42:55 AM 391 Views
It's crazy to think that the human knowledge base doubles every 2 years... lyringlas - 07/04/2010 08:49:28 PM 539 Views
Literacy and communication have literally made a world of difference. Joel - 13/04/2010 09:25:45 AM 627 Views
if the giant meteor hadn't destroyed the dinosaurs... moondog - 07/04/2010 01:10:42 AM 607 Views
"FOR" global warming? Now there's a phrase I never thought I'd here! LordPerrin - 07/04/2010 01:16:04 AM 523 Views
The spread of Islam Dragonsoul - 07/04/2010 01:26:11 AM 712 Views
oh aren't you clever. *NM* LadyLorraine - 07/04/2010 01:47:13 AM 399 Views
There's such a thing as being right for the wrong reasons, though I'm not sure he is. Joel - 07/04/2010 02:12:14 AM 530 Views
Wikipedia is of course not a scholarly source, but all the same... Legolas - 07/04/2010 11:57:01 AM 685 Views
Fair enough. Joel - 07/04/2010 12:51:16 PM 678 Views
I read the Bernard Lewis article referred to at Wikipedia... Legolas - 07/04/2010 01:19:03 PM 667 Views
So it's borrowed propaganda. Joel - 13/04/2010 09:30:39 AM 658 Views
Re: The spread of Islam Camilla - 08/04/2010 09:24:31 AM 752 Views
Haha, are you kidding? Dragonsoul - 08/04/2010 07:59:39 PM 508 Views
Re: Haha, are you kidding? Camilla - 08/04/2010 08:50:33 PM 518 Views
Ask yourself the question... Legolas - 08/04/2010 09:33:33 PM 506 Views
I don't see the connection. BlackAdder - 08/04/2010 08:49:46 PM 688 Views
Re: I don't see the connection. Camilla - 08/04/2010 08:51:21 PM 564 Views
I'd better not touch this one ßelals Girl - 07/04/2010 03:12:00 AM 720 Views
The spread of Judaism. Great Lord of Chaos - 07/04/2010 04:30:37 AM 645 Views
Re: The spread of Judaism. BlackAdder - 07/04/2010 07:31:02 AM 584 Views
I...do not know. Spriteling - 07/04/2010 07:18:13 AM 580 Views
A lot of times, you change one thing, and everything changes- even the things you don't think about. LordPerrin - 07/04/2010 12:26:51 PM 538 Views
Amusing that the underlying expectation seems to be more along political history lines Larry - 07/04/2010 12:56:49 PM 781 Views
Considering the way history is taught, is it surprising? *NM* Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 07:11:03 AM 384 Views
Nope, not really Larry - 08/04/2010 10:24:54 AM 686 Views
Here's one that'll be more to your liking... Legolas - 08/04/2010 10:40:53 AM 514 Views
Yes Larry - 08/04/2010 10:52:11 AM 649 Views
Re: Here's one that'll be more to your liking... Camilla - 08/04/2010 11:58:27 AM 550 Views
Uh... Larry - 08/04/2010 12:11:14 PM 713 Views
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Not really Larry - 08/04/2010 01:07:57 PM 634 Views
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Ha! Larry - 08/04/2010 01:49:23 PM 690 Views
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I'm really sleep deprived... Larry - 08/04/2010 02:13:20 PM 808 Views
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Interesting fact of the day for you two... Legolas - 08/04/2010 02:45:15 PM 538 Views
I know Camilla - 08/04/2010 02:46:41 PM 670 Views
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Quote Pyramids of Destiny FTL *NM* BlackAdder - 08/04/2010 10:16:21 PM 414 Views
Since, surprisingly, no one's pointed it out yet, prehistory/=history. Joel - 13/04/2010 09:52:19 AM 648 Views
me being born mega rich *NM* random thoughts - 07/04/2010 02:15:34 PM 562 Views
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worse than "afterMASH"?? *NM* moondog - 07/04/2010 03:50:10 PM 379 Views
Worse than "Joey" ? *NM* TaskmasterJack - 07/04/2010 06:48:25 PM 395 Views
If you remember Joanie loves Chachi, you might be too old? StarrBecca - 08/04/2010 12:00:34 AM 535 Views
Re: I know I just did a survey, but this was too good to pass up. lyringlas - 07/04/2010 09:04:02 PM 555 Views
Science getting on the ball in the 40's and making superhumans *NM* fistofpainx - 08/04/2010 05:31:34 AM 455 Views
The spread of peanut butter and jelly. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 07:12:21 AM 700 Views
I think two spreads that would be better to eliminate would be marmite and vegemite (sp). Avendesora - 08/04/2010 05:30:26 PM 671 Views
The Bread of Christianity. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 07:12:51 AM 697 Views
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The head of [Roman Catholic] Christianity. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 07:15:21 AM 659 Views
You completely missed the "pick 1" part of the question, didn't you? *NM* Camilla - 08/04/2010 09:26:23 AM 412 Views
Well, techinically, I never said that you couldn't make multible posts, each discussing 1 thing. *NM* LordPerrin - 08/04/2010 05:36:37 PM 387 Views
I'm fairly sure he was just mocking someone's earlier post "just thought it would be interesting..." *NM* lyringlas - 08/04/2010 08:06:56 PM 385 Views
I'm pretty sure of that too. *NM* LordPerrin - 08/04/2010 08:33:46 PM 394 Views
...it's pretty interesting *NM* lyringlas - 08/04/2010 08:35:47 PM 454 Views
just as you thought it would be? *NM* BlackAdder - 08/04/2010 08:44:49 PM 382 Views
My parody. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 10:41:29 PM 637 Views
Re: My parody. Camilla - 09/04/2010 07:29:19 AM 704 Views
The 1987 Rugby World Cup Final Colonel Logain - 13/04/2010 12:23:17 PM 715 Views
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