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9 Which made it all okay,
10 And the empire continued Declining and Falling for many more volumes.

CHAPTER 24
1 aThen, finally, everybody was completely confused,
2 bAnd the barbarians were acting like they owned the place,
3 cAnd the Romans were learning a lot every day about sin and guilt and suffering,
4 dAnd the priests were smiling more and more,
5 eBecause the barbarians were starting to ask questions about Christianity,
6 fAnd were obviously going to need a lot of help before they got it right,
a.Lies.4.15
b.Rom.2.7-10
c.Chr.4.2
d.Gods.4.13
e.Swar.PS.21
f.Zig.15.5-8
g.Psay.5Y.14
h.Bks.3.11-17
i.Rom.2.1
j.Psong.57.1
 7 And the emperor was thinking that life might be easier if the capital of Rome weren't Rome,
8 But some other place,
9 Maybe farther east,
10 Where there weren't quite so many pushy barbarians,
11 gAnd so they closed Rome,
12 hAnd the emperor moved to a new city,
13 Named after himself,
14 And the iRomans stopped being Romans,
15 And stopped being Chosen,
16 And became jItalians instead,
17 Which is another story altogether,
18 But equally funny in its own right.


THE BOOK OF BARBARIANS
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FIRST BOOK OF BARBARIANS

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CHAPTER 1
1 There were a lot of other tribes of apes who were not very kcivilized,
2 Which is how they came to be barbarians.
3 That and the fact that they usually moved around quite a lot,
4 Which didn't leave much time for building ltemples and monuments,
5 mOr writing stone inscriptions,
6 nOr having lots of slaves,
7 oOr making up comedy and philosophy and history,
k.Barb.2.17
l.Mes.1.4-5
Gyp.1.1-2
Grk.1.2-3
Rom.1.2-3
m.Mes.1.6
Gyp.1.3
Grk.1.4
Rom.1.4
n.Mes.1.8
Gyp.1.5
Grk.1.6
Rom.1.6
o.Grk.26.5-8
Rom.2.14
p.Grk.1.9
q.Barb.4.8
r.Ann.18.12
Ann.18.17
Ann.18.18
Ann.18.24
s.Krt.2.3
 8 Which is pretty sad.
9 But they almost always had Gods,
10 Which is important if you want to be a pChosen Tribe,
11 And they all did,
12 qExcept for the Vikings, of course,
13 Who just wanted to have fun,
14 rFor some reason.

CHAPTER 2
1 And in addition to the Vikings, there were barbarians who called themselves sGoths,