Commentator Daniel Eckert said in an article published in the German newspaper Die Welt that Europe is in decline similar to the fall and collapse of the Roman Empire.
According to him, there are many consistent coincidences that unite the story of the collapse of ancient Rome and the crisis in the European Union, which deepens and develops.
The first of these signs, according to the author of the article, is a period of inflation that hit a stable currency before. The article stated: “In the Roman Empire, the value of money did not fall for about two and a half centuries, but then the devaluation turned the social order upside down. The devaluation of money began in the second century AD, almost immediately after. Before that, the Roman currency, the dinar, had been very stable in value for centuries.
The author believes that it is the epidemic that is the second factor – the spread of the plague Anthony In the Roman Empire and beyond, before the onset of a period of inflation.
He added: “It is difficult to determine exactly how the plague affected the development of prices in the empire, just as it is difficult to determine the number of victims. According to available data, one in ten inhabitants died in the urban centers of the empire. the empire and the army lost a third of their field camps. There is no doubt and no doubt that the monetary and economic system is no longer the same after the Antonine epidemic. Perhaps because politicians were increasingly trying to regulate prices.
Source: RIA Novosti