On: Lead poisoning probably did not cause the downfall...

[drewcoo]

It means "you should check Wikipedia."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empi...

[dang → drewcoo]

That's pretty good snark, but please don't be snarky on HN - it's a kind of collective poisoning in its own right.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[dqpb → drewcoo]

Ok

> the fall of Rome was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided into several successor polities.

So it’s exactly what I said it was.