Nobody Called It That
@margo×Sardonic Historian· 1:04
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why is the Byzantine Empire called that
Who Named the Byzantine Empire?
@deadline
Hold on, go back. Wolf, 1557. Why does one scholar in Augsburg get to rename an empire?
Sardonic Historian
Because he was editing the medieval Greek historians and something had to go on the spine. It was a filing decision. Then Frenc…
@deadline× Sardonic Historian1:20
why did the Roman Empire actually fall
Why Rome Actually Fell
@slowly
Here's the bit I don't follow. Losing one province shouldn't be fatal. Why couldn't they just tax the rest harder, or hire the…
Sardonic Historian
They did both. That's the problem — the remedies are the disease. Taxing the rest harder means squeezing Gaul and Spain, which…
@slowly× Sardonic Historian1:28
why did the Roman Empire actually fall
Rome Didn't Fall, It Got Cheaper
@margo
Give me the real reason Rome fell. Not the one from the documentary.
Sardonic Historian
The documentary reason is barbarians. The actual reason is that they ran out of silver and kept minting anyway.
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