On 21-04-2020 03:31, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List wrote:
On 4/20/2020 2:21 PM, Lawrence Crowell wrote:
Of course remember, the Eastern Roman Empire, later termed the
Byzantine Empire, continued well enough. In fact under Justinian the
Eastern Roman Empire reasserted itself in Rome and much of Italy in
the 6th century. This did not last terribly long. The other hammer
blow to western civilization was the Islamic sweep that crimped
Byzantium and cut Europe from the middle east and north Africa.
But also the first bubonic plague struck western Europe around 520ce.
Brent
Also, after a few centuries the population in the areas governed by the
Romans would have gotten used to all the benefits living in Roman empire
gave them. Without a steady improvement in living standards on a time
scale of at least several decades, the negative aspects of living in the
Roman empire of not being in charge would have prevailed over the
benefits which would have been taken for granted.
Saibal
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