DBWI: Romam Cecideruntque

Posset Romani imperii declinavit ita quod corruit? Cum posset hoc factum? Quid sit effectus?

OOC: Just a lark I had. :p:eek: This was made by Google translate, so my apologies if there's a serious issue: "Might the Roman Empire have so declined, that it fell? When could it have happened? What would be the effects?"
 
Romae declinam impossibilitam credit, sed sic possibilitatae fuerunt. Rei publicae Romana semper instabiliter fuit et barbares Germaniana Romam Magnam iterum ad iterumque periclitur. Tamen Romae declinae possibilitas improbablissmia est fuitque.

I used to deem "Roman decline" impossible, but indeed there were possibilities. The Roman Republic always was unstable and the Germanic barbarians always threatened Greater Rome. Nevertheless the possibility of "Roman decline" is and was most slim.
 
IC: (In Latin) I think the ideals associated with Rome are so strong that even if the Imperium were to permanently disintegrate (as opposed to going through the dynastic cycle), the people wold have retained the essence of "Romanness". They'd still speak Latin and base their governments on ours. The Church would have spread far and wide (OOC: the notion that Christianity was responsible for Rom's fall is full BS). And most importantly, barbarians who invade Roman lands would gradually go native and adopt our traditions. I've been toying with a TL where a global superpower is formed on the Grande Occident Continent (OOC: North America) explicitly based out of our traditions, and founded by people who settled from, say, Britannia. It's not quite ASB, but not very likely.

OOC: If the Roman Empire does survive this long I imagine the Latin language would have evolved into something closer to Italian or French. Roman Latin would be considered stilted and formal. Ancient Sanskrit, Hebrew, Persian, and Chinese are very different from their modern descendants.
 
IC: (In Latin) I think the ideals associated with Rome are so strong that even if the Imperium were to permanently disintegrate (as opposed to going through the dynastic cycle), the people wold have retained the essence of "Romanness". They'd still speak Latin and base their governments on ours. The Church would have spread far and wide (OOC: the notion that Christianity was responsible for Rom's fall is full BS). And most importantly, barbarians who invade Roman lands would gradually go native and adopt our traditions. I've been toying with a TL where a global superpower is formed on the Grande Occident Continent (OOC: North America) explicitly based out of our traditions, and founded by people who settled from, say, Britannia. It's not quite ASB, but not very likely.

Civitas potestati globali in continentum Magnum Occidentalum? Impossibilitassimus. Imperii Europaeae Asianaque post illum civitatem frequentati non permittebant, ut potestatem obtinere. Sic indipendentia non verisimilis. Europa Asiaque -- patria colonis -- semper fortior ebant. Praeterea, de Britannia? Plane multi Vespertilii Extraterranei (ASB) requirebet. Britannia semper seditiosus pauperque fuit, numquam Magnum Occidentalum frequentare potessit. Praeterea, Magnum Occidentalum parum coloni revoltere habet et frequentia celerior absurdus est.

A global power on the Grand Occidental Continent? Most impossible. The European and Asian empires would not permit this state, after colonising it, to gain power. Even independence is unlikely. Europe and Asia -- the colonists' fatherland -- will always be stronger. Furthermore, from Britannia? That requires a lot of ASBs. Britannia always was too rebellious and poor to colonise Grand Occidental. Also, Grand Occidental does not have near enough colonists to revolt and faster colonisation [than OTL] is absurd.
 
Romani declinet esset committitur cum Hannibal, post Romani dilatatio in Gallia, Britannia, Hiberiae, Africa, Aegypto, Graecia, etc necesse. Maxime post incursione ad Indus et in Germania. Scio est satis ASB sed putant tribus potuit actu causatur a declinet de Romam in Gallia, et intellego Saxonum potuit tandem capta super Britannia, post omnes erat vere iustus impedimenta Romam usque 14 saeculo cum unita insulis. Tamen erat certus possibile ut a wank de Romam, si iustus Possedi ibi agere simul in India successionem magna imperatores erant in via ad incursio Sinis per Mongoliam.

Any Roman decline would have to start with Hannibal, after that Roman expansion into Gaul, Britannia, Iberia, Africa, Egypt, Greece, etc was inevitable. Especially after the invasion down to the Indus and into Germania. I know it is fairly ASB but I think some tribes could have actually caused a decline of Rome in Gaul, and I am aware the Saxons could have eventually taken over Britannia, after all it was really just baggage for Rome until the 14th century when they united the isles. However it was definitely possible to make a wank of Rome, if they had just gotten there act together in India the succession of great emperors were on their way to an invasion of China through Mongolia.
 
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