Thread 17948647

What were the reasons the Germanic peoples were able to defeat the Romans? And why is it that, since the fall of Rome, Mediterranean peoples have not been able to match the technological level and development of Northern Europe?

>>17948647 (OP)
>And why is it that, since the fall of Rome, Mediterranean peoples have not been able to match the technological level and development of Northern Europe?
Sorry, what are you talking about? Meds dominated until the 19th century

>>17948647 (OP)
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>>17948647 (OP)
>What were the reasons the Germanic peoples were able to defeat the Romans?
standard process of imperial decline. to be honest, it's arguable romans didn't even really exist in the late imperial period. rome was an immense megapolis populated mostly by slaves, freedmen, a handful of aristocratic families who owned everything (and everyone) and a minority of plebeians who lived off of handouts and were not allowed to serve any function in the life of the state.
both politically and demographically, rome ceased to function as a city. predictably, the capital was moved to a totally different place - rome the city no longer had any unique character that necessitated its centrality.
> And why is it that, since the fall of Rome, Mediterranean peoples have not been able to match the technological level and development of Northern Europe?
this is total bunk, meds (specifically italians) were both richer and more cultivated than the average northern european until quite late, well into the enlightenment period. moreover, "northern europe" is a very poorly chosen term. scandinavia was a dumpster. i think what you are thinking of is the britain-france-germany region and its technological and economic development.

>>17948647 (OP)
When the Romans were at their peak when they were pagan the ''germanic people'' suffered devastating defeats whenever they tried to invade Italy. The ''Romans'' they defeated where a bunch of exhausted Christians 4 centuries later when they were already on their death bed, and a sizeable part of the Roman army at that point was made up of germanic foederati as well, they had outsourced their fighting to mercenaries basically

>>17948647 (OP)
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>>17948654
Meds were being raided by literal africans while the English people created private company that took India just because they could. Mediterraneans to this day live in caves, slums and don't understand the concept of employment, it was even worse back then.

>>17949590
New world trade routes ruined the med. Italian city states were pretty damn industrious for most of the later medieval age.

>>17948647 (OP)
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>>17951396
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>>17948647 (OP)
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For the longest time, the Mediterraneans have been ahead of the world when it came to technological achievements. Northern Europe used to be literal backwater until recently.