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Originally Posted by Crvena zvezda
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).
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Yes, but compare the north coast to the south coast of the Mediterranean Sea. North Africa lost almost any link to the Classical world while Europe kept so much more of it alive.
Maybe I’m just in a positive mood today.