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  1. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Fingers crossed that the Huns don't decide to act up now.

  2. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Yeah, 65 million for the first two centuries AD sounds about right and I've seen that number quite often. That said, with a population of 4.5 million Jews would make up nearly 7% of the empire which on its face is just a very substantial part of the population. I'm not saying it's wrong, it's...

  3. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    That sounds pretty high. How large would the entire population of the Empire be during that time, you reckon?

  4. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    It will be very interesting to watch how the political and religious culture of the two Roman states will diverge due to happenstance and political realities. The West couldn't copy the East even if they wanted to, after having been badly rocked at the start of the century. Even if they are...

  5. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Oh, the dreary work of bureaucrats. If only it weren't so vital for the running of the state! Well, apparently Flavius Felix sees it differently, but I never had the pleasure of educating two young boys of higher status than myself. Looks like we aren't so far off from Theodosius taking power...

  6. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Oh, Theodosius takes some inspiration from Frederick II? Well, hopefully he'll have a better relationship with the Roman bishop than his counterpart. :coldsweat: It also looks like the model of seasonal workers is not just a one-way street, with men from the empire going up to Ireland to do...

  7. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    And to you as well.

  8. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Oh the Goths, as it so happens the fury of the Gothic warriors is tamed by the riches of Rome. It speaks to their further integration into society that they have started preferring the lifestyle of Roman nobility to the sword. By doing so they are leaving a hole in the power-structure to be...

  9. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    And that's a wrap. For the first time in a long time the empire is pacified. I'm sure it'll stay that way for decades to come. While they are in peace the Romans should also look at straightening out their tax code, can't have their farmers flee abroad to avoid paying their "fair" share. Even...

  10. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    We can thank Galla for naming her son Theodosius as it ensures that the codex won’t change its name, even if comes from the west instead of the east. I’m actually more interested in the reforms of the legal profession. It doesn’t just take another step towards the professionalisation of the...

  11. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Where are my men killing each other with sticks and stones? I thought that was the sum total of human history? :openedeyewink:

  12. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    St. Patrick better pack some winter clothes, because he'll need it. That a surviving West would speed up social stratification, political consolidation and christianisation was sort of a given, but I noticed the omission of the barbaricum beyond Hadrian's Wall. Nothing happening there besides...

  13. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Something tells me that this interconfessional conflict will spring up again and again, despite the law on religious freedom.

  14. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    The updates concerning the Suebi have noted that their region is rather well integrated into the Roman trade network, with their wares making their way to Gaul, Italy and even the East. A state of affairs that would surely only deepen as time progresses, if the Empire keeps itself together and...

  15. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    The imperial family is for the near future probably not large enough for this sort of dynastic intermarriage with foederati and border tribes, but it does set the precedence and, more importantly, will likely further normalise marriages between Roman and foederati elites as well as the inclusion...

  16. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Christianisation of the Huns (and their subject peoples)? That sounds very interesting if it sticks, just imagine a fervant Attila becoming the Scourge of God and speading the Word of the Lord to all the pagan people beyond the Roman frontiers. Of course raiding the Empire would be far more...

  17. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Honorius must be smiling down from the heavens as the Goths slowly split off from one another.

  18. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    I was just joking about how the Romans desperately need tractors and industrial plants to produce chemical fertilisers, but I’m glad to have given you an opportunity to expand on the topic. Concerning the population collapse I will be interested to see how the empire will continue to cope with...

  19. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    What the Empire clearly needs is a massive increase in productivity. What do you mean the Romans can't simply industrialise their agriculture? Oh bummer, high taxes it is then.:coldsweat:

  20. Ravenna, the midwife of Europe

    Just when you hope to solve one issue an unconnected problem springs up on the opposite side of the empire. Well, Galla Placida wanted to be here, now she can deal with it. XD
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