We earlier glanced at developments from Roman
history, paralleling our own.
Here is another:
Depopulation had begun in Italy and
Greece in the third century
B.C. … The Roman army was kept to
strength only through the
recruitment of barbarians -- a practice that was destined to bring
disaster. The emperors invited
immigrants from beyond the frontiers
to colonize Italy, and even
the uninvited joined them.
-- Morris Bishop, The Middle
Ages (1968)
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