(January 13, 2017 at 12:53 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: That's true. But as a result Rome also had another 66 years before falling for good, we'd be lucky to have so long.
But Rome had not been the capital since 280 when Diocletian moved the capital to Mediolanum (Milan) and then it was moved again by Honorius in 402 to Ravenna.
You know that bullshit story about pope Leo stopping Attila from attacking Rome that the catholics like to tell? Total b.s. Attila had destroyed Aquileia which was located in a marshy area at the head of the Adriatic - relatively near modern Venice - and managed to get much of his army infected with malaria. He was actually moving slowly towards Ravenna, not Rome, with part of his army - the other part had gone west towards Mediolanum - when a delegation approached which included Leo but he was far from the most important member. Ravenna would have been a much tougher nut to crack than Aquileia and the Eastern empire had crossed the Danube and attacked Hunnish territories in his rear. Jesus freak horseshit aside, the strategic situation demanded that Attila give it up and return home.
