Re: Period after the Rmon Empire?

["Ed Hopkins" <Ed.Hopkins@MCI.Com>]

Poster: "Ed Hopkins" <Ed.Hopkins@MCI.Com>

> IIRC the "fall of Rome" bit was from the time the actual City of Rome was
> invaded in 410 AD.  The theory was that Rome no longer counted as an
> effective empire when they couldn't protect their capital city, therefore
> the Dark Ages essentially began then.

I don't recall whether Napolean and/or Hitler invaded the actual
city of Moscow, but certainly the United States was able to go
on (and even come to have a hand in international affairs) after
Washington DC was invaded and the White House torched.  So I maybe
protecting the capital isn't all that important.

-- Alfredo el Bufon
(not referring to ID4)

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