The Dark Ages - Part 1 - The Sacking of Rome

At its height in the second century A.D., the Roman Empire was the beacon of learning, power, and prosperity in the western world. But the once-powerful Rome - rotten to the core by the fifth century - lay open to barbarian warriors who came in wave after wave of invasion, slaughtering, stealing, and ultimately, settling. As chaos replaced culture, Europe was beset by famine, plague, persecutions, and a state of war that was so persistent it was only rarely interrupted by peace. THE DARK AGES profiles those who battled to shape the future, from the warlords whose armies threatened to cause the demise of European society, such as Alaric, Charles the Hammer, and Clovis; to the men and women who valiantly tended the flames of justice, knowledge, and innovation including Charlemagne, St. Benedict, Empress Theodora, and other brave souls who fought for peace and enlightenment. It was in the shadows of this turbulent millennium that the seeds of modern civilization were sown.

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[TheSkirmishes]

just out of curiosity....are we attracted to watch certain historic eras rise and fall because..we probably were born in that time in our past lives?

[rusgreek]

@pilotof787 Don't know about your comparison, but I think that the US has many things in common with Roman Empire. Its lust to control the world and dictate its rules and culture, classifiyng other cultures as not as civilised as theirs. And the rise of the USA thanks to clever and hardworking people, and the decline thanks to the greedy and inadequate Americans of today can be compared to the rise and fall of Rome.

[rusgreek]

I recommend evryone to watch the last part of the BBC doc. Rise and fall of the Roman Empire, it tells a completly different story about Alaric the Goth. History is not certain for two reasons: 1.too little information makes room for interpretation by self-proclaimed historians, 2. victor writes history, so history has been delibaretly falsefied trough history. Everyone should think clearly and with logic to make your own theory, question everything, even what schools teach us.

[pilotof787]

I feel like the U.S. and China are similar to ancient Roman and Byzantine Empires in the sense that one will fall sending our world into a second dark age.

[AntiSpeciesistWorld]

@NYyankeeboi yeah but its here now, if it fell, it would be catastrophic but it wouldn't mean we'd all be burning people at the stake and praising kings overnight.

[NYyankeeboi]

@AntiSpeciesistWorld Don't be too blinded by optimism. The possibility of an electromagnetic pulse can take the technology of our entire civilization back to the dark ages in about 45 seconds.

[TheSpyMaster100]

@theend1245 HurrDurr i will be a total faggot by failing at logic and then i will blame it on the smarter guys rage and that he failed to type shit right.

Idiot scumbag

[theend1245]

@TheSpyMaster100 "epic fuckimng fail" that , your username and your avatar tell me your brain isn't engaged well enough to carry on serious discussions at the intellectual level but then again this is YouTube, you can't expect reasonable counter arguments from a site filled with complete morons who have no idea what they're taking about such as yourself. Because what i had said before was an idea taken from a Romanist at my college, iow your chances responding to this are less than nothing.

[TheSpyMaster100]

@theend1245 epic fuckimng fail... the moon in 1400? you must be retarded

[StupidAwsomenes]

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