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Old 06-18-2006, 01:02 AM   #76 (permalink)
gilgamesh
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Originally Posted by Maximus
There were no Romans in the 12th Century.


But the Roman empire continued. Frederick Barbarosa, Holy Roman Emperor.


Gibbons book:
http://www.ccel.org/g/gibbon/decline/home.html

Romans + Gunpowder = We'd still be speaking latin. Come to think of it, we still live like Romans in many ways.

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