I&#x27;ve posted this on HN before:<p>Every time someone tries to shoe-horn the Fall of Rome into contemporary history it&#x27;s good to post Demandt&#x27;s &quot;210 Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire&quot; [1]. You can nicely see which ideologies have tried to fit Rome into their own crusade.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.utexas.edu&#x2F;courses&#x2F;rome&#x2F;210reasons.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.utexas.edu&#x2F;courses&#x2F;rome&#x2F;210reasons.html</a>