Wednesday, November 13, 2013

ch 10


haha I had no idea that the people living in the byzantine empire were forced to wear sandals and robes so that they would not look like Germanic peoples!  I do not know why I find this so funny but they were so afraid of barbarian attacks that no one in the empire could wear anything resembling a barbarian, like boots, trousers, animal skin clothing or have long hair.  It seems a bit over the top to me.  I know that most of the change in the west was for the best but there was so much deforestation and it just kind of saddens me that so much of nature is destroyed for human use.  

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