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anikan_vader
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Why no Roman industrial revolution?
>> just collapsed under its own weight.
I mean, it suffered a series of military defeats at the hands of Germanic peoples.
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on Aug 26, 2022
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That was just a consequence of internal collapse, which prevented Romans from properly defending themselves, as they successfully did in previous centuries.
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I mean, it suffered a series of military defeats at the hands of Germanic peoples.