Climate Change and the Fall of the Roman Empire

[Karel de Stoute]

Hello Karel de Stoute, welcome to the .Org and to EB.

However, please refrain from taking cheap shots at Christianity. If you can make a convincing argument that it was the Christians who brought down the empire, then by all means do, but just posting "blame the Christians" is close to trolling. Lack of enthusiasm for warfare was a problem long before Christianity ever became the official religion.

Well, i'm not saying they brought the empire down on their own but i think the first christians were a bigger factor in the decline of the western roman empire than the climate. It is a fact that christians began forming a state within the state. That way they also threatend the unity of the empire. The first christians were very much concerned about the afterlife so that they began to neglect this life. This is both a reason for the decline of the empire as a result of it. They for example did not want to participate in sacrifices to the old gods. Because of that emperors blamed them that the gods had forsaken the empire and before christianity became the state religon they were prosecuted for it.