And your saying that the economy is in tatters is over stating the facts. In the 1920's the economy was hosed, it's called a depression. Most western nations don't have higher than a 7% unemployment rate. That's nothing.
Tim -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:13 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Personal Stance Change for Iraq Policy Given that most of Rome's opponents were disorganized tribes, and very small kingdoms, with one or 2 exceptions, that isn't saying much. Moreover the fall of the western Roman Empire can be attributed to a lot more than just how they looked at opponents. In the 4th through 6th centuries (when the downfall occurred according to most historians), the economy of the empire was in tatters, much like now. Moreover the legions were not Roman any more - they were staffed mainly by Germanic tribes like the Gepids and the Alans. so you're vastly overgeneralizing. There were other more important factors than the trivia you mentioned. larry At 05:02 PM 3/4/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Anyway, that's the way the Roman's would have looked at it. It was >only an enemy they didn't foresee that caused their downfall. All the >rest were beaten to the punch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
