03-15-2021, 09:25 PM
** 07-Mar-2021 World View: Collapse of Roman Britain
That's an amazing story.
tim Wrote:> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glKe9njOB24
> Roman Britain - The Work of Giants Crumbled
> If you start watching around 49:00 (though the entire video is
> worth watching), you can see what true collapse looks like.
> - central power collapse, the British people had to "look to their
> own defenses"
> - taxes stopped being collected
> - they stopped paying the administrators of the cities and trade
> routes
> - the previous professional military started taxing the civilians
> directly for protection. These groups grew into the basis of
> early medieval society
> - language was forgotten
> - people stopped being able to write
> - Britain's Roman cities fell into ruins. Cities abandoned.
> - Roman swords were found abandoned, dropped and left there. In
> this time a sword was what a mobile phone is today it would
> never be discarded.
> - "One day it seems, everyone just got up and left"
> - Tribal warlords some of which were officers in the former Roman
> army, moved in to the ruins and used them as private castles
> - trade at London's port stopped completely, suburbs were turned
> into farmland, people lacked the knowledge and will to rebuild.
> - Londons population drifted to the countryside and lived in
> primitive houses
> - Enclave of the ultra wealthy continued to live a Roman existence
> in a gated community. The decline was unstoppable and the rest of
> the city descended into chaos. People began to grow wheat in the
> middle of London. London was eventually deserted
> completely.
That's an amazing story.
