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BARBARIANS & BLINDED BY THE DARKNESS

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Dave

It’s been a long time, since anyone has been successfully convincing that with the collapse of the Roman empire, an objectively superior civilisation somehow ‘fell’, whatever that means, leading to ‘dark ages’ from which the peoples of Europe would … Continue reading →

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WILL THE LAST BARBARIAN POETICALLY TURN OUT THE LIGHT

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Dave

The barbarian invasions destroyed classical civilization in the period 350-700 A.D. The period included the fall of Rome in A.D. 476 and through the 500 or so years that followed , the Dark Ages became the early Middle Ages. … Continue reading →