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- Coppola on the parallels between the fall of Rome and U.S. decline https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/francis-ford-coppola-on-the-parallels-between-the-fall-of-rome-and-u-s-decline-1.7335254 4 comments
- Christianity and the Fall of Rome https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/9uzajt/christianity_and_the_fall_of_rome/ 14 comments history
- How did Rome "fall"? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/9ua9zh/how_did_rome_fall/ 8 comments history
- The fall of Rome and Catholicism https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/9bz0hd/the_fall_of_rome_and_catholicism/ 11 comments history
- What were the systematic causes of the fall of Rome? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/6mfi5h/what_were_the_systematic_causes_of_the_fall_of/ 41 comments history
- AskHistorians Podcast 054 - East and West After the Fall of Rome http://askhistorians.libsyn.com/askhistorians-podcast-054-east-and-west-after-the-fall-of-rome 7 comments history
- Paris and the fall of Rome http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/11/16/paris-and-fall-rome/erlrjkqmgxhvdartixxpdk/story.html 8 comments europe
- 8 Striking Parallels Between the Fall of Rome and the US http://www.alternet.org/economy/our-republic-ending-8-striking-parallels-between-fall-rome-and-us?paging=off 6 comments politics
- When will "Rome" fall? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/us_military_bases_in_the_world.svg/800px-us_military_bases_in_the_world.svg.png 11 comments reddit.com
- Cave’s climate clues show ancient empires declined during dry spell !! (Climate change cused Rome's Fall ) http://www.itvnews.tv/sci-tech/science/climate-change-could-have-caused-romes-fall.html 30 comments science
- Rome Didn't Fall When You Think It Did. Here's Why That Fabricated History Matters Today https://time.com/6101964/fabricated-fall-rome-lessons-history/ 15 comments history
- America Is Eerily Retracing Rome’s Steps to a Fall. Will It Turn Around Before It’s Too Late? https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/03/donald-trump-julius-caesar-433956 68 comments politics
- America Is Eerily Retracing Rome’s Steps to a Fall. Will It Turn Around Before It’s Too Late? https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/03/donald-trump-julius-caesar-433956 21 comments politics
- America Is Eerily Retracing Rome’s Steps to a Fall. Will It Turn Around Before It’s Too Late? https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/03/donald-trump-julius-caesar-433956 56 comments politics
- Bill Kristol: US reliving decline and fall of Rome under Trump http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/340443-bill-kristol-us-reliving-decline-and-fall-of-rome-under-trump 439 comments politics
- Would the fall of Rome constitute a real life apoclypse https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/5hba3b/would_the_fall_of_rome_constitute_a_real_life/ 27 comments history
- Book/study recommendations on Rome (overview and fall) https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/4ynhkw/bookstudy_recommendations_on_rome_overview_and/ 5 comments history
- 'EU risks Rome-style fall over refugees' - Dutch PM http://presstv.com/detail/2015/11/27/439370/eu-refugee-crisis-dutch-prime-minister-mark-rutte-roman-empire-assad 24 comments worldnews
- Is Our Republic Ending? 8 Striking Parallels Between the Fall of Rome and U.S. http://www.alternet.org/economy/our-republic-ending-8-striking-parallels-between-fall-rome-and-us 22 comments politics
- The GOP is replaying conspiracy that predicted Rome's fall https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-gops-replaying-the-conspiracy-that-predicted-romes-fall 29 comments politics
- How Rome has changed a lot of street's name after the fall of Fascism http://www.rerumromanarum.com/2015/10/roma-strade-che-hanno-cambiato-nome-dopo-il-fascismo.html 13 comments history
- Were the huns the main reason for the fall of Rome? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/7ut0tl/were_the_huns_the_main_reason_for_the_fall_of_rome/ 27 comments history
- What happened to present day Italy during the fall of Rome and subsequent Dark Ages https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/4yemiw/what_happened_to_present_day_italy_during_the/ 9 comments history
- What was it like living in Rome immediately after the fall of the Roman Empire? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/6wjnct/what_was_it_like_living_in_rome_immediately_after/ 30 comments history
- The History of Rome Podcast - From the Rise of the Republic to the Fall of the Empire http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/? 33 comments history
- Resignation of David M. Walker, the most important economic indicator of things to come: The Fall of Rome http://www.chycho.com/?q=rome 15 comments politics
- The Bronze Age Collapse and the Fall of Rome led to periods were everything went sour and peoples had to work themselves up again, taking centuries to do so. What other periods and places had something similar to this? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/79lp45/the_bronze_age_collapse_and_the_fall_of_rome_led/ 11 comments history
- The road from Rome: the fall of the Roman Empire wasn’t a tragedy for civilisation. It was a lucky break for humanity as a whole. Essay by Professor Walter Scheidel (Stanford University) https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-fall-of-the-roman-empire-paved-the-road-to-modernity 528 comments history
- NY Post: "American Football could fall like the gladiators of ancient Rome" http://nypost.com/2016/12/03/american-football-could-fall-like-the-gladiators-of-ancient-rome/?utm_source=keywee&utm_medium=keyweefb&utm_campaign=keywee&kwp_0=342296&kwp_4=1296238&kwp_1=575736 51 comments nfl
- Rome booms as Milan falls in Italian power-shift http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/rome-booms-milan-falls-italian-power-shift#ebwcbljv7whufsqf 4 comments soccer
- In Joseph Tainter's The Collapse of Complex Societies, the author argues that the fall of Rome happened because "the usual method of dealing with social problems by increasing the complexity of society [became] too costly or beyond the ability of that society". http://plotsandcomplots.com/2010/09/10/rome-and-the-collapse-paradigm/ 8 comments history
- 2 pilots allegedly fall asleep on flight from NYC to Rome as plane traveled 38K feet above ground https://abc11.com/pilots-fall-asleep-pilot-during-flight-ita-airways-sleeping/11915028/ 17 comments nottheonion
- Inequality Was One of the Main Reasons for the Fall of the Roman Empire … and Inequality in America Is MUCH WORSE than In Ancient Rome http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/12/inequality-was-one-of-the-main-reasons-for-the-fall-of-ancient-rome-and-inequality-in-america-much-worse-than-it-was-in-rome.html 3 comments politics
- Lessons from the fall of Rome — Why should we stay put in the USA? Do we owe allegiance to the state, or to the philosophy of liberty and human rights? http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/lessons-from-the-fall-of-rome/ 10 comments politics
- U.S. Debt Crisis May Cause ‘Fall of Rome’ Scenario - “As unemployment remains above 10 percent well into the foreseeable future, it won’t be long before Americans start voting for protectionism...” http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aj6jnkwhrqgi 36 comments business
- Today is the Ides of March, the day in which the world lost one of the finest Roman politicians and military leaders - Julius Caesar. His death would see Rome plunged into another civil war, the fall of the Roman Republic and the eventual rise of the Roman Empire. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/vincenzo_camuccini_-_la_morte_di_cesare.jpg 20 comments europe
- Politano - move from Sassuolo to Napoli, Jan 2018: paperwork not finished in time for transfer to go through. - move from Inter to Roma, Jan 2020: flies to Rome, holds up Roma scarf, deal falls through 2 days later after Inter attempt to change terms of Spinazzola swap https://twitter.com/jameshorncastle/status/1218198901011947521?s=21 21 comments soccer
- Rome’s horse-drawn carriages labelled ‘animal abuse’ after video shows horse falling in the street - Many mayors have promised to tackle the practice, with Raggi pledging to ban it as part of her 2016 campaign. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/rome-horse-video-falling-carriages-animal-welfare-italy-mayor-a9164531.html 15 comments worldnews
- Several House conservatives seemed exasperated that Francis, who will address Congress this fall, approved the Vatican’s recognition of Palestine as a state. On Wednesday, critics said Rome needs to leave the question of Palestinian statehood to be sorted out by the Middle East. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/israel-hawks-to-pop-francis-stay-out-of-politics-117929.html 8 comments politics
- Il Duce is Back: New reverence for fascist dictator Benito Mussolini spreads across Italy - Among his adherents today are masked, neo-fascist youths who mounted raids on Rome schools this fall to protest education cuts, lobbing smoke bombs in corridors & yelling “Viva Il Duce”. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/01/il-duce-is-back-new-reverence-for-fascist-dictator-benito-mussolini-spreads-across-italy/ 5 comments worldnews
