Boris Johnson changes his mind on the fall of the Roman Empire
Giving an interview at the end of the G20 summit in Rome on Sunday Boris Johnson said:
“When the Roman Empire fell, it was largely as a result of uncontrolled immigration. The empire could no longer control its borders, people came in…and Europe went into a dark ages that lasted a very long time. The point is that it can happen again”
In 2006 Johnson wrote a book which was also a TV series called the Dream of Rome.
At that time he argued (correctly) that the Empire had collapsed due to revolt
‘people who rejected toga wearing as a revolt against control from Rome were..ancient versions of today’s Eurosceptics’.
No doubt that as in an inconvenient message for Johnson in 2021 but the history still stands.
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