In five hundred years' time, to the historian writing the Decline and Fall of the British Empire, this little episode would not exist. There will be plenty of other causes. You and me and poor Jones will not even figure in a footnote. It will be all economics, politics, battles. Graham Greene
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With the end of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Roman Republic and Empire, there was a lot of civil unrest and war. The Roman historian Gibbon wrote "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" in 1776 and it became a huge success. However, many historians agree that there were other major factors involved in the fall of the Roman Empire. These new historians are writing about "the fall of Britain".

One major reason that Britain fell is because they were too obsessed with money. The British were always looking for new ways to make money which eventually caused their downfall.

Source: The Ministry Of Fear

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