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9/11 marked the beginning of the end

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image thumb52 9/11 marked the beginning of the end

It may for us, time will tell.

But with no doubt it marked the apex of the Roman Empire, who had lost 10% of their ENTIRE ARMY at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest on 9/11  two thousand years ago.

They pulled back behind the Rhine and then the inevitable shrinkage began. 400 years later… done deal.

Any applicability to today?  Not really, except that decline (and advance) can happen a lot faster now.

H/T Ace

One Response to “9/11 marked the beginning of the end”

  1. TR Says:
    September 11th, 2009 at 9:59 pm

    Roman Empire started in 27 BC and maxed at 117 AD under Trajan. The Romans sliced each other up from 91 -30 BC when Mark Anthony and Cleopatra lost to Octavian. 9 AD ended the effort to control Germanic tribes in the northern forests. Same story with the wild Picts in mid second century AD under Hadrian, but hardly the start of a demise there either. Romans took a lot of losses while ruling the world. The Republic was gone after Caesar but the Empire’s dive featured too much corruption and turning the army over to foreigners. An indirect cause was the vicious assault of the Huns, pushing all the Goths into the Roman sphere of influence.