6: The Catastrophic Fall Of Roman Britain
The Fall of Rome Podcast
The Decline of the Roman State in Britain
When the Romans state in Britain collapsed, it stopped both collecting tax revenues and paying that money out. People with agricultural or industrial surpluses to sell could no longer exchange those goods for coinage. This created a liquidity crisis, where the limited amount of gold and silver in circulation drastically rose in value.
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