Message from @-A
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THIS MEANS
IT IS SOMETHING INHERENT TO CIVILIZATION
AN OXIDATIVE PROCESS
Romans were Christians when they died.
CAUSE OR EFFECT
?
Tough question
I WOULD ARGUE "EFFECT"
ROME WAS IN DECLINE FOR SOME TIME
IT NEVER QUITE GOT OVER ITS FRACTURED ORIGIN
AND ALSO
IT WAS AWASH IN SUCCESS
I'm still debating. Your points are valid.
Good morning hello!
Good morning!
@diversity_is_racism "Effect" as well, although Rome would have fallen with or without Constantine's acceptance/mainstreaming. However, the economic model of conquest was also baked in the same cake.
@diversity_is_racism I installed BRAVE
@Maarat how many did you take? Perhaps you are very sensitive to acetominophen. Did you hallucinate spiders all morning?
@diversity_is_racism One of my favorite history teachers often said that in the colonial days, European powers viewed all resources as being linear. I don't know if that is true given agriculture and everything but, he said they were especially desperate because once the resources were gone, they were gone for good. Forever and ever. With mining this makes sense but, how much of their proposed resources were metals?
@diversity_is_racism Should we be like ExCathedra and start thinking about a new religion for a new Epoch?
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@Metalheim Good evening.
@-A The resources of conquest - specifically metals and wood were (maybe are) linear
constantine did not cause rome to fall
jeebus made rome stronger
as it gave them unity
and made a new religion around the emperor
while adopting the common mystery religion and neo-platonic thought
making jesus take the plce of all the gods
made perfect sense
one god, one son, one emperor
one logos, one orthodoxy
Specifically what was required for ship keels at the time.
@MRB I see. That did make things quite desperate then. Especially what with those Crusades and such.
@Maarat Not to mention that whole "perfect man" biz.
hi all. i've been a fan of brett steven's work for nearly 10 years now. met some great people along the way and very happy to see more socializing going on everywhere. looking forward to chatting now and then. cheers.
Cheers.
AAAAAAAnd radio silence once a bright eyed and bushy tailed enthused fellow comes along. Gotta love the morale.
lol