I always find it surprising how many academics at prestigious institutions manage to get away with professing such obviously risible ideas. There is no meaningful analogy to be drawn between the sack of the city of Rome and Western civilization&#x27;s current conflict with Islamic extremism. The imbalance of power, resources, and organization between the West and Daesh is not remotely comparable.<p>Concerns about the import of ideology along with refugees might be legitimate, but comparing the downfall of modern Western civilization to the sack of a single city, Rome, is just ridiculous.