VIRGIL: Fall of Empire

I've just had a first look at Peter Heather's book on the fall of the Roman Empire and read a few online reviews - one of those occasions where the different reviewers might seem to have read different books. How we react to the Great Fall in the light of our own political preoccupations!

Re: VIRGIL: Fall of Empire

My theory: fall of Troy = end of republican government. Virgil doesn't know what comes next, but the change FEELS necessary, permanent. Cf. September 11, 2001. --- Dr. David Wilson-Okamurahttp://virgil.org