I mean, also the failure of the Roman state to develop any unifying bureaucratic structure aside from the army itself. I often wonder about a world where the Romans developed papermaking around when the Chinese did.
I actually discussed this very model of bad history on ACOUP. It was not 'uncontrolled immigration' that brought down the Roman Empire, but the Roman refusal to incorporate the new arrivals as their predecessors had done time and time before. https://acoup.blog/2021/07/30/collections-the-queens-latin-or-who-were-the-romans-part-v-saving-and-losing-an-empire/ …https://twitter.com/reeshistory/status/1454479087314087948 …
-
-
-
By the late empire the Romans absolutely had a unifying bureaucratic structure. I'd actually argue that was one of the problems: the shift from systems of highly localized government to centralized administration consumed a lot of resources.
- Näytä vastaukset
Uusi keskustelu -
-
-
Especially interesting to think of the time interval between Tiberius's Illyrian war, and the Illyrian emperors of the late 3rd century. Whatever Rome did in the intervening time, it worked
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
-
-
-
Is there anything to read explaining why the empire stopped being able to integrate 'new' peoples?
-
I discuss that in the above-linked blog post.
Keskustelun loppu
Uusi keskustelu -
-
-
How much do you think the disasters like the Cyprian Plague contributed to the shift to foederati system? Like, how much of the regions the foederati were settled in were significantly depopulated by that time?
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
-
-
-
Real sugar of lead on the Weetabix energy.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
-
Lataaminen näyttää kestävän hetken.
Twitter saattaa olla ruuhkautunut tai ongelma on muuten hetkellinen. Yritä uudelleen tai käy Twitterin tilasivulla saadaksesi lisätietoja.