the disaster is right now, unfolding in front of our eyes. collapse is pure ideology.

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    First one was 390BC, arguably before Rome's expansion.

    The other two were in the 400s, well after the split (which actually stabilised the Empire for a century along with other reforms) and then again twice during the Byzantine reconquest of Italy.