The 210 Theories Behind the Fall of Rome, Ranked: Part 3

Entries 71-105 exploring the causes for Rome's decline and fall according to the academic world.

N.B. this is the third part of my series covering Alexander Demandt’s Fall of Rome. If you’d like to start from the beginning, check it out at this link.

71. Freilassungen von Sklaven

    1. Freeing of slaves (383)

    2. A. M. Duff traces the ruin of the empire to the mere practice of freeing slaves. We have previously touched on the differences between the conception of s…