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|    Weland to SolomonW    |
|    Re: "Rome Didn't Fall When You Think It     |
|    10 Oct 21 16:29:38    |
      From: larsprec@gmail.com              On Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 12:34:49 AM UTC-5, SolomonW wrote:       > On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 20:49:33 -0700 (PDT), gggg gggg wrote:       >       > > https://time.com/6101964/fabricated-fall-rome-lessons-history/       >       > It is a literary thing. In September of 476 AD, Western Roman emperor       > Romulus Augustus was forced to resign his office. An early Romulus was       > considered the founder of Rome.              A literary thing completely made up by Gibbon in the late 18th century. Has       nothing to do with late Roman history.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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