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   Message 57,184 of 57,854   
   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.   
      
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