If the most dramatic change brought by mass migration is seen in European ethno-cultural identity, the most concrete, immediate, and undeniable consequence is the rise in violence and crime
At the height of Rome’s power, Emperor Augustus (63 BC-14 AD) discovered that Roman families were no longer having children. The Pax Romana had led to a drastic drop in the Roman birth rate. Despite the Emperor’s efforts, this decline in the birth rate could not be halted. This period was the first of three phases in the fall of Rome.
