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History of Western Civilisation - Tuesday 7th Period: Discussion 6: The Roman Empire
All right, class. Since I rotted your brains last Wednesday with popular culture disguised as history, I thought we'd get back on track today with a good solid discussion of the end of the Roman Empire.
As I said last week, the fall of Rome did not really mean the end of the Roman empire. The Byzantine Empire -- which you will hear about tomorrow -- lasted for another thousand years and always considered itself a continuation of old Rome.
But the cession of Rome as a superpower changed the face of history in Western Europe.
[[OOC: OCD threads arecoming up!!]]
As I said last week, the fall of Rome did not really mean the end of the Roman empire. The Byzantine Empire -- which you will hear about tomorrow -- lasted for another thousand years and always considered itself a continuation of old Rome.
But the cession of Rome as a superpower changed the face of history in Western Europe.
[[OOC: OCD threads are