tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post2668413487120516077..comments2024-03-20T16:05:23.293+00:00Comments on The Cynical Tendency: When The Romans Did For UsDemetriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-2983589960052012013-10-23T15:42:18.575+01:002013-10-23T15:42:18.575+01:00It wasn't just pots - roof tiles disappeared t...It wasn't just pots - roof tiles disappeared too. That must have made a difference.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-11055092178211501182013-10-23T07:26:52.363+01:002013-10-23T07:26:52.363+01:00There is a theory that a volcanic eruption caused ...There is a theory that a volcanic eruption caused several 'nuclear winters' which helped destroy the economy - people wouldn't mind eating rat off of wooden platters rather than Samian ware.Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-86386453244214808482013-10-22T19:48:32.796+01:002013-10-22T19:48:32.796+01:00Jolly interesting article. But I've heard it ...Jolly interesting article. But I've heard it before, of course and I must be a bit dim, since I've never understood why the simple departure of the Legions prompted such a rapid change. After all, <br /><br />People don't forget how to use a potter's wheel;<br /><br />they don't forget how to grow crops;<br /><br />they don't forget how to build and operate forges and kilns.<br /><br />Furthermore, it is not easy to see how commercial links with the continent were disrupted, since - as attempts to stop drugs and other contraband continually remind us - nothing stops trade. If there's a demand for stuff, people will get is somehow and trade will continue.<br /><br />All I can imagine is that these things were suppressed by force - the force of the Saxon invaders, presumably - otherwise, for the most part at least, would it not simply have been business as usual? Richardnoreply@blogger.com