04-04-2008, 09:49 AM
I enjpoy the irony of having the romans come to britain in 43AD, conquering the better part of the island, building roads, forums, forts, and most importantly, sewers, only to have it all destroyed in the dark ages and have people shouting ''Garde looz'' from the rooftops and into the streets 1700 years later.
It is my personal belief that had the barbarians been kept at bay, the crisis of the 3rc century not occured and the empire not partitioned (and any other invisible evil that might have occured had the previous not occured), that we would be a good 2000 years ahead of what we are now.
We would be looking at rectangular playing card shapes in the dunes of mars through a telescope and wondering how they got there if at present we cannot, much as it was with the vikings getting to america before columbus.
It is my personal belief that had the barbarians been kept at bay, the crisis of the 3rc century not occured and the empire not partitioned (and any other invisible evil that might have occured had the previous not occured), that we would be a good 2000 years ahead of what we are now.
We would be looking at rectangular playing card shapes in the dunes of mars through a telescope and wondering how they got there if at present we cannot, much as it was with the vikings getting to america before columbus.
