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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 190947" data-attributes="member: 571">The thought had occured to me...Greed and selfishness appears in every society, I doubt the (Dragon Earth) Roman Empire would be any different.No, I haven't read the Oath of Empire series. I'll keep an eye open for the books. Right now it looks like the Western Empire fell thanks to a combination of aristocratic duplicity, public apathy, barbarian incursions, and deital disfavor/conflict. So no Western Empire in the 7th century A.D. But a stronger Eastern Empire plus a more tolerant Islam (the pagan gods are servants of Allah. It is the Moslem's duty to wean the pagan away from worship of the gods to worship of Allah) means a more peaceful first contact than in real life. On Dragon Earth Islam is more a proselytizing faith than a conquering one. (Of course, when the opportunity presented itself...)More stuff to think about. My thanks.</blockquote>