@lexfridman: Why the Roman Empire collapsed (in the West) - clip from Lex Fridman Podcast #498 with Anthony Kaldellis. Guest bio: Anthony Kaldellis is a historian of the Roman Empire and author of "The New Roman Empire", a comprehensive history of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).
Christianity and decline in population due to led poisoning in the water was discuss in the seminal book Decline and fall of Roman Empire. Also war etc
2026-08-04 08:09:04
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eaerniss :
geography is undervaluated in history !
balkans are high mountains !
an army cannot cross them easely.
but when they arrived in otranto from albania ( only 60 km distance) , there was no obstacle till Rome, south italy has no mountain !
2026-07-07 10:05:16
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dy8129s8i38y :
Christianity in Western Rome was fought much more prominent and atrocious than in the eastern part.
Catholicism as a persona cult of martyrs differs to the Roman Orthodox church. The first papa was Siricius of Rome at 385 AD!
There may have been an early weakening Catholic civil uprising in Italy, poorly documented because it was led by the lower class.
2026-07-08 01:20:19
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