>be roman plebian in italy
>hear about fall of the empire
>"huh, so who do we pay taxes to now?"
>"some guy called Odoacer"
>Neat.
This is how much the common Roman cared about the fall, if they even got to know about it before they died of old age.
Reminder
Nicholas Sullivan
Juan Williams
no
Angel Perry
yes
Eli Brown
no
Jason King
Yes shitass, they cared about eating that night and fucking the greasy plump farm slut.
Jeremiah Nelson
Basically yeah
Fedoras will try to act like it was raging anarchy with barbarians tearing down the pure marble cities
Cameron Collins
NO THEY CARED FOR THE GLORY OF ROME
Brody Miller
K
Dylan Peterson
Well I dont think it would've been *that* smooth. Believe it or not the ancient world wasn't just a collection of powerful people lording over unwashed peasants; there were trade networks, ethnic diasporas, festivals, etc. that all connected a person - even just a farmer - to the wider world they inhabited. When Rome fell, your average farmer in Italy would've definitely felt *something,* even if it was just not knowing if their son serving in Greece was OK or not.
Tyler Bailey
Pic related is what normies think the fall of Rome looked like.
In reality they were conquered by Romanized christian Goths.