While a lot of people talk about technology that can save the Roman Empire, I'm asking: what kind of ideology can make delay the fall of Rome?
Or possibly 1917 (if just going by Christianity), but sinceFrom a certain point of view ( and not an extremly weired one) christianity made the roman empire last until 1806.
Fine, let's define the fall as in the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and that of the eastern one into a feudal Greek kingdom.
While a lot of people talk about technology that can save the Roman Empire, I'm asking: what kind of ideology can delay the fall of Rome?
Could a more martial religion/cult such as Mithras or Sol Invictus do it? Could some form of pseudo-nationalism even spring out?
From a certain point of view ( and not an extremly weired one) christianity made the roman empire last until 1806.
Why 1806? I don't understand the significance of that date.
An ideology based on the Emperor himself. Look at China. If the Religion required a Roman Empire to function, it would have to continue in some form.
End of the (Holy) Roman Empire.
Huh? Chinese religion DIDNT require an Emperor. Japan would be a better analogy, a state that not only remained a monarchy but retained the same royal family... so something like Shintoism, perhaps?
Since the Qin Dynasty, the Emperor of China was formally called the Son of Heaven (天子), and as the descendant and representative of Heaven on Earth, he legally had absolute power over all matters, big or small, under Heaven (天下). His mandate to rule is thought to be divine and predestined. In contrast to modern international relationships, the Emperor of China was seen in East Asia not merely as the head of one nation-state among many, but rather as the overlord of the entire civilized world, meaning there could only be one legitimate emperor in the world at any given time.
The emperor's words and directives were considered sacred edicts (聖旨), and his directions from writing are considered "directives from above" (上谕). In theory, the emperor's orders were to be followed with immediate obedience. He was elevated above all commoners, nobility, and members of the imperial family. Addresses to the emperor were always to be formal and self-deprecatory, even by the closest of family members.