Reader Stories: Readers Explain Their Interest in the Fall of Rome

Did you come to this site looking for information on the Fall of Rome? If so, why? I mean, I know why the Fall of Rome interests me -- it put paid to the period I pursue -- but why are you interested in the Fall of Rome? Were you looking for parallels with today's world? Have you been interested for long? Is it because of an argument or discussion or simply a school assignment?