Ever wanted to understand why The Roman Empire fell in under 13 minutes?

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PszVWZNWVA

Strangely absorbing if not entirely riveting BUT its a very quick overview without havent to do all that tedious reading of Gibbon et al

[Patrick Waterson]

Strangely enough, I enjoyed all that tedious reading of Gibbon et. al.

[Imperial Dave]

meant purely tongue in cheek (the tedious bit)

[Erpingham]

I thought it took years.

[Imperial Dave]

I thought it took years.

to quote that jolly big fellow in the red suit....

hohoho

[Patrick Waterson]

I thought it took years.

The fall of the Empire or reading Gibbon?

[Tim]

Reading all of Gibbon takes longer than the Roman Empire did to actually fall.

I presumed the 13 minutes was a reference to Adrianople...

[Imperial Dave]

13 minutes is my attention span for stuff like this

[Chuck the Grey]

Thanks for the link Dave. I found the 13 minutes of the Decline and Fall of Rome to be mildly entertaining. On a side note, I found reading Josephus to be more tedious than Gibbon.

[Imperial Dave]

I did actually quite enjoy it Chuck. Bitesize history for dummies like me is always a useful summary when I lack the time or inclination to do serious proper research