Fall of rome Quote by Rodney Stark

““Rather than a great tragedy, the fall of Rome was the single most beneficial event in the rise of Western civilization.””

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“When the Greeks were free they created a civilization advanced beyond anything else in the world. When Rome imposed its imperial rule all across the West, progress ceased for a millennium. The fall of Rome once again unleashed creativity and, for good and for ill, the fragmented and competing Europeans soon outdistanced the rest of the world, possessed not only…

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