And now you're using Earth as a base to invade Alpha Centauri?
This is Alpha Centauri. 'Earth' is just a conspiracy
And now you're using Earth as a base to invade Alpha Centauri?
Not really. The thing about the collapse of the Western Empire is that it had really prevalent, direct causes. Large numbers of civil wars, with little interruption.In that case... Is Christianity part of the reasons that the Roman Empire was undone?
In that case... Is Christianity part of the reasons that the Roman Empire was undone? Or was it a complicated connection of events, that led to the destruction of the empire?
Pretty much. Except the inhabitants are mostly the same. "Barbarian" identities were frequently used by the political elites at their convenience, depending on what they wanted out of Rome. Actual evidence of large scale population transfers is very limited (basically non-existent), and not accounted for in contemporary texts.So...by what I've understood, the Roman Empire wasn't ended by invading barbarians, but rather, it split up?
Would that mean that the countries that later appeared (i.e the Frankish kingdom, especially under Charlemagne) are actually just a split-off Rome? Like, what we know as the Frankish Kingdom, was actually just the Roman province of Gaul living under a new name? But it's inhabitants aren't the same? Or something? I am kind of confused.
Plus, of course, anti-Christian prejudice, which was also an important motive for Gibbon.
Our society has progressed to the point where a Christian viewpoint is no longer the expected norm, but unfortunately it's still stuck at the point where the Christian past is too recent to view it objectively, and so the stock alternative to a Christian viewpoint is an anti-Christian one. No doubt the time will come when most people simply don't care enough about Christianity to hate it so much, but that time's a fair way off yet!
I would have mentioned it, but I didn't want to be the kind of guy to harp on about that kind of thing, you know.Plus, of course, anti-Christian prejudice, which was also an important motive for Gibbon.
The other upshot to this is, maybe we'll get to the point where the Christian viewpoint is actually treated as something we need to learn, rather than be understood implicitly.Our society has progressed to the point where a Christian viewpoint is no longer the expected norm, but unfortunately it's still stuck at the point where the Christian past is too recent to view it objectively, and so the stock alternative to a Christian viewpoint is an anti-Christian one. No doubt the time will come when most people simply don't care enough about Christianity to hate it so much, but that time's a fair way off yet!
Perhaps that was just me though. I could never understand why the US was called a Christian Nation. Nor will any one ever convince me it was one or ever will be one.
So...by what I've understood, the Roman Empire wasn't ended by invading barbarians, but rather, it split up?
Would that mean that the countries that later appeared (i.e the Frankish kingdom, especially under Charlemagne) are actually just a split-off Rome? Like, what we know as the Frankish Kingdom, was actually just the Roman province of Gaul living under a new name? But it's inhabitants aren't the same? Or something? I am kind of confused.
Was the battle of Grunwald in 1410 AD between the Teutonic Knights and their allies (including English archers-I think) and the Kingdom of Poland, their allies, the Great Duchy-? of Lithuania, (and their allies, including the Rus and Tatars) the single biggest(regarding the total number of warriors involved) European battle of the Medieval Era? What about on a world scale of the era, where does it rank?
I guess Domen might be able to answer this in a blink of an eye.