You see the Roman Empire didn’t "fall" in the traditional sense. It shattered like an earthen vase being continually struck by a hammer with each fragment becoming a little fiefdom controlled by a group of immigrants. This all occurred for a variety of reasons, most notably Rome’s need for migrant workers to fill the military ranks, failed immigration policies, and ineffectual leadership.

So the next time you hear of illegal immigrants plundering our system through free education, free medical care, taking advantage of the welfare system, or the social security system remember the Romans and their mistakes.

When you see those illegal immigrants marching in the streets demanding to be allowed the "right" to become American citizens remember the Roman foederati.

When you hear of masses of illegal immigrants calling for riots, murder, and strikes, remember the Visigoth king Alaric and his assault on Rome.

When you hear illegal workers and their leadership demanding that the southwestern states be returned to Mexico as the rightful owner, remember the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.

But most of all when you hear the lame excuses given by policy makers and our leadership for giving into the demands of these illegal malcontents remember, like Rome, it is the death rattle of a dying empire.