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[–] Calgacus 0 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I wasn't a big fan of that article. Some things were off... He proposes that the Inquisition and Crusades were a bad thing. He doesn't mention why they happened or what scope they really had... That they were a reaction of Europe fighting the invasion of Islam which was a huge part of the fall of the later Roman Empire.

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[–] Eualos 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

They directly conquered Byzantium.

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[–] 234134124123 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

They immigrated to Byzantium is search of economic opportunity. (low effort shit post, I know...)

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[–] im_the_dude_man 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

He also completely ignores many other extremely influential changes in Roman law, society, and structure. Another big thing we often do not realize as we look back on history is that the vast majority of people did not live in Rome or near any cities. Their lives and experiences barely changed as all this was going down in Rome.