07-13-2007, 06:30 AM
Yes, I concur. And the great famine of the 2nd c. AD is not to forget. I don't want to blame Julian for his believe, but he would never have been able to restore the classical state and the classical religion.
And I think the classical world (not the Roman empire) starts to die in the 2nd c. AD at least. The principate itself as early as in the Augusteian time forced a change of mind by the leading classes which led to the end of classical thinking and urban political culture in the longer run. This is a very abstract discussion however.
And I think the classical world (not the Roman empire) starts to die in the 2nd c. AD at least. The principate itself as early as in the Augusteian time forced a change of mind by the leading classes which led to the end of classical thinking and urban political culture in the longer run. This is a very abstract discussion however.
Wolfgang Zeiler
