The remarkable thing is not that the Roman Empire fell, but that it held together for so longhttps://twitter.com/adrastosomissi/status/991971515116728320 …
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That’s extraordinary. Believable though; I mean, if it was strong enough to make Greeks still even today think of themselves as “Rhomious” and of Greekness as “Rhomiosini”, then it must’ve been a very powerful feeling indeed.
For Ando it relied on the imperial cult which mobilized local aristocracies abroad and locally & made it in their best interest to defend the roman empire in their communities. Thus it became a religious and political feeling imbedded even in imperial & extremely local politics.
I’ve read that except for a few exceptions, most of the barbarians wanted not to overthrow Rome but more to be cut in on this civilization deal. A piece of the action, as it were.
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