The story of the fifth century was one of the exploitation of imperial weakness.
ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY
At Rome there were nothing even vaguely resembling modern political parties although given the stifling impact of these.
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The story of the fifth century was one of the exploitation of imperial weakness.
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In the main voters looked more for a capable individual who once elected could do whatever the State required.
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Only rarely did they advocate specific policies.
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Almost indeed as atheists, for they denied the very existence of other gods.
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At Rome there were nothing even vaguely resembling modern political parties although given the stifling impact of these.
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Thus the Western Empire died.
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By pagans the Jews (and later Christians) were seen as perverse.
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