YAY a ruined thread!

Nomads have the political stability of a cardhouse, a charismatic leader has to die and they fall into chaos and division. They're empires' life span is so short.

Barbarians uniting nothing more than a few tribes, even then the tribes where largely autonomous. Those brave Germans have never conquered, only hid. They only conquered when they fled for migrating nomads... Sending back the roman lands to chaos and destruction of art, science and architecture.

Hellens, proud people who have much in common with the Romani. They might say they stole the things they boast to have all found out themselves (Ancient Egyptians/Eastern Peoples anyone??). Romans have at least brougth stability to the region. We developed the Hellenistic culture further than the squabling Hellens could. Also the Byzantines made Greece a UNIFIED centre of the world once more, having the Hellenic/Roman lands at the top world order for a long time. Making new or perfectioning greek inventions. Something awed by at the Europeans. Greeks AND Romans made the Rennaissance, be proud, both. The romans had civil wars yes, but at least unified on larger scale. Greece was 3 city states of alliance 1 versus 3 city states of alliance 2. Roman civil wars were west empire vs east empire at least, tis all a matter of organisation.

~Fluvius