Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-204.29.15.2-20130304092733

The timeline as constructed here fails to justify a lack of a "dark age." since rome still falls, there seems to be no justification for this period.

As it is, the "dark ages" is a controversial label, applied by Renaissance thinkers who thought they were pretty hot stuff. I don't hold that view personally, as the fall of rome did hamper safe travel, trade, and the flow of ideas. 