10-01-2012, 04:48 PM
Quote:For my own thought, I always believed Rome fell because they lost their identity - that spark that made them special for so many centuries. What was Roman by the 5th century any more? Not much.
Lost their identity or no longer identified with Rome, due to being christians or barbarians. Both sides cooperated to an extent but neither could relate very well to the Roman Empire. It wasn't at the top of their priority list--far from it, so they let it go down the tubes.
