RE: [Quranic Reflection]: (2) The Romans have been defeated
January 7, 2020 at 12:56 am
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2020 at 1:07 am by Anomalocaris.)
(January 6, 2020 at 11:19 pm)The AtlasS33 Wrote: Heads up..
After searching and reading more about the history of the empire; I reached this conclusion:
Rome became too big; so an emperor called "Diocletian" split it into "Eastern" and "Western". Later on, a general called "Constantine" -yep; the guy who I believe re-forged the bible- came into power in the west; then united the two empires into a single Rome back again, advocating Christianity instead of heathen faith, and moving the capital from "Rome" to "Constantinople".
https://www.ancient.eu/Constantine_I/
I defend my interpretation with this fact. Constantine united the two empires even before Mohammed -peace be upon him- is born.
Even before Mohammed was born, well, that is early!
Sorry to tell you, the birth of Muhammad was very late in the >10000 years of agrarian civilization with urban centers, very late in the 5000 years of civilization with known writing, civil service and beauracracy, very late in the at least 3700 years of sophisticated cities with sewer system, running water, public parks, and urban planning, very late in the at least 3500 years of sophisticated astronomy, late in the at least 2700 years of truly multicultural imperial governance, late in the at least 2300 years of incipient scientific thinking.
And Not only late, but made little real positive impact on the course of human civilization, other than to encourage the ancestors of several hundred muslims today to lock their descendants into a sadly unself-reflective backwardness.
Rome did not become too big. It had largely reached its full size almost 250 years before Diocletian. It had run lately smoothly for nearly 150 years. What set Rome on course to being split up is a half century of civil wars during which order was disrupted, coinage debased, trade declined, land under cultivation decreased, central authority weakened, rulers succeeded each-other quickly and with violence, so planning horizon shrank to a year or two at most.
It was to reverse this that Diocletian attempted to divide the empire so the empire can be administered more effectively, but more important each of the now much less interconnected regions can be operated in a manner more suitable to its strength.
Roman Empire May be said to have divided because romans did not outgrew the sensibilities of regional agrarian republic.
