If it makes it any better I may be lying inadvertently, it could just be standard economic slowdown or a shift in the type of material goods. It’s one of those things where what was being produced was simply recycled or decayed, it’s a bit of a controversial area in that regard up for debate and interpretation. My interest in the area is focused on Britain so largely removed from the Roman world in a lot of ways by that time.
Interesting, I’m starting to see what you mean there. Comparable to US steel quality dropping and being supplanted by Japan, or currently China.
Hell even the axis started using compressed cardboard by the end of the war.
I recall hearing the statements about bone health increasing in the generations after the collapse of the Rome and the such. That ring true? What piqued your interest in the era?
If it makes it any better I may be lying inadvertently, it could just be standard economic slowdown or a shift in the type of material goods. It’s one of those things where what was being produced was simply recycled or decayed, it’s a bit of a controversial area in that regard up for debate and interpretation. My interest in the area is focused on Britain so largely removed from the Roman world in a lot of ways by that time.
Interesting, I’m starting to see what you mean there. Comparable to US steel quality dropping and being supplanted by Japan, or currently China.
Hell even the axis started using compressed cardboard by the end of the war.
I recall hearing the statements about bone health increasing in the generations after the collapse of the Rome and the such. That ring true? What piqued your interest in the era?