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Originally Posted by A Few Acres of Snow
That is not really accurate; the Roman Empire did not collapse so dramatically and completely. It blended into the Celtic and Germanic tribes as the Romans and their neighbours got tangled up in each other's politics and civil wars. As well, the Latins had put down roots in France, Spain, Italy and Slovenia by the time Rome was sacked in the 5th Century.
I know there is currently a big divide between the Latin/Catholic and Greek/Otrthodox cultures in your part of the world, but it is not as old or as wide as you say. There have also been links between East and West over the centuries.
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True, it's collapse was not as dramatic. I'm referring to the fact that from the end of the western roman empire society collapsed and the Roman empire was virtually forgotten. I don't consider western europe of the dark ages to be in any way connected to rome civilization. Just how I don't consider south-eastern europe to be connected to Byzantine civilization after constantinople collapsed and our own dark age (the rule of the ottomans).