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#1 | Lessons for America from the fall of Rome datum

Wed Sep 07, 2016 6:40 pm

Bill Federer's comparison of the fall of Rome and our situation today

Lessons for America from the fall of Rome
Bill Federer reminds us 'Freedom and prosperity are not natural � in human history, they're rare'
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The fall of Rome was a culmination of several external and internal factors.

Great Wall of China

By 220 A.D., the Later Eastern Han Dynasty had extended sections of the Great Wall of China along its Mongolian border. This resulted in the Northern Huns attacking west instead of east. This caused a domino effect of tribes migrating west across Central Asia, and overrunning the Western Roman Empire.

Open borders
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Loss of common language
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The welfare state
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Violent entertainment
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Church lost its role as conscience
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Planned parenthood
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Immorality and infidelity
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Class warfare
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Taxes
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Outsourcing
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Exploding debt and coinage debasement
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Self-promoting, corrupt politicians
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Military cuts
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Terrorist attacks
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Lessons from the fall of Rome
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http://www.wnd.com/2016/09/lessons-for-a...e-fall-of-rome/

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#2 | RE: Lessons for America from the fall of Rome datum

Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:40 pm

How interesting. I am just finishing up a book entitled

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The Day of the Barbarians: The battle that led to the fall of the Roman Empire

Even the author admits the subtitle is a bit of hyperbole as it didn't cause the Fall, but he argues the (Eastern) Roman defeat at Adrianople in 378 AD to the Goths was so devastating it added impetus to the collapse of Rome, the Western Empire. Still it must be noted the battle involved the Eastern Emperor Valens (who died in the battle) and mostly Eastern troops. Nonetheless the Eastern Empire survived for over another 1,000 years and was ultimately destroyed by guess who: the Moslems.

That was a long winded way of explaining the reason the Goths (not really uncouth barbarians) crossed the Danube and wanted to enter Roman territory was because they wanted protection from a war-like people pushing on them from the east: the Huns. When they crossed, however, they were maltreated by the Roman authorities and rebelled, which led ultimately to Adrianople.

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