Problems between East and West When the Roman Empire fell in the west, what remained in the east carries on. To us it is commonly known as the Byzantine Empire, they called themselves Romans. It [more…]
Brexit Bryan Ward-Perkins’ The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization (2005) makes the point that constant invasions led to rebellions, as a measure of self-help to deal with the situation. This further depleted [more…]
Invaders and immigration Peter Heather in The Fall of the Roman Empire (2005) lays the blame on failure to deal with external threats from the Persian Sassanid Empire in the East. Roman military misadventures in [more…]
Sack of Rome 410 A.D. Striking parallels can be seen between the later Roman Empire and the unwieldy behemoth of the EU. Both were Empires that sought to force hegemony over Europe, and extend their [more…]
Spanish police take on dangerous far-right neo Nazi A week ago I wrote to you about the Loony Tunes Boat and the Catalan referendum. Messages from my son who lives there:- Today its taking place. [more…]
My son works in Barcelona. Things are hotting up Catalonia, what with an “illegal referendum” being held on independence from Spain. The problem faced by the Spanish authorities, is how to intimidate the Catalonians without [more…]
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