Yeah, but

How? The book is massive, it details a very specific opinion of how and why the empire fell, and the last bit was conjecture on his part not a statement of fact.

Oh my gosh that stuff is just the best! Remember "ghosts of the ostfront"?

Ah, Rome Total War; such a weird alternate history, full of Egyptian suicide chariot factories…

How are they similar at all? They've got a similar background but one's secular authority the other spiritual. They even operate in totally different ways.

And likely stoned on Sycthian mushrooms or something:

Empress Irene the Iconodool blinded her own son -in the room he was born in- so she could usurp him. The operation was so brutal he died.

It's even wierder when you go east and Artemis goddess of virginity is now Artemis goddess of Fertility. Total about face.

Hehe, yes. Him and that one surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage from Avatar.

A friend of mine once sad that Gibbon was a massive douche. He wrote a MASSIVE book detailing a very specific opinion and anyone disagreeing would have to write something of similar size to even be taken seriously.

how far are you in to it?

The Germans are trying to tell everyone what to do as much as thy can without having to shoulder the bill.

The Roman empire was fairly decent on race - it was a disadvantage and they would make jokes at you but if you did your job well you could climb all the way to the top spot.

It waved back and forth. More of a confederation at times.

That bit in Age of Empires Three is so funny.

Duncan! I meant Duncan. Sorry

Trial by combat would have at least been less corrupt than Roman juries….

I've never understood either of those viewpoints.

It doesn't help that Diocletian got sucked into a murderous frenzy all of his own when he tried to wipe out the Christians, creating a separate power base that Constantine used to usurp the Tetrarchs.

The Mike Collins* one? It's mostly fantastic. I think he's a bit too into Gibbon, but apart from that they're great.