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I know this is sort of an unanswerable question, but I'd like to hear people's opinions as part of the preparation of a reading list. (Any suggestions for titles would be much appreciated, too.)

I'm particularly interested in whether the collapse should primarily be attributed to a social or psychological change in the Romans (loss of unity, Christianity), or to changes in empirical/external circumstances (plague, climate shift). Having recently gotten into the work of Fred S. Polak, I'd like to interpret the collapse of the Roman Empire via his theory of culture, but I don't know enough about the time period to really have an opinion yet.
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