The creation almost of a clean slate, even more so I would argue than the disruption that it came after the fall of Rome, because there's one big difference.

这几乎就是从一张白纸重新创作,甚至比起,我认为,比起紧随罗马陷落而出现的分裂更有价值,因为这两者有一个巨大的差别

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