Athens and Jerusalem III: Why Rome Fell

Why did Rome fall?  To be more precise,  why did the Western Empire collapse in the course of the fifth century?  Gibbon and some later historians blamed Christianity, which, they allege, not only weakened the manly spirit that had sustained the Empire but also diverted manpower and resources away from . . .

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