title: The Myth of Rome's Fall
author: Richard Mansfield Haywood
description: A significant work that presents the argument that Rome &apos;never fell&apos;. That instead it evolved.
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  The Story of Rome
  
  
  [PREFACE.](The%20Story%20of%20Rome%20From%20the%20Earl_split_001.html#filepos5432)
  
  [I. ONCE UPON A
  TIME.](The%20Story%20of%20Rome%20From%20the%20Earl_split_001.html#filepos23897)
  
  [II. HOW THE SHEPHERDS BEGAN THE
  CITY.](The%20Story%20of%20Rome%20From%20the%20Earl_split_001.html#filepos46467)
  
  [III. HOW CORINTH GAVE ROME A NEW
  DYNASTY.](The%20Story%20of%20Rome%20From%20the%20Earl_split_001.html#filepos80741)
  
  [IV. THE RISE OF THE
  COMMONS.](The%20Story%20of%20Rome%20From%20the%20Earl_split_001.html#filepos93304)
  
  [V. HOW A PROUD KING
  FELL.](The%20Story%20of%20Rome%20From%20the%20Earl_split_001.html#filepos107007)
  
  [VI. THE ROMAN
  RUNNYMEDE.](The%20Story%20of%20Rome%20From%20the%20Earl_split_001.html#filepos124008)
  
  [VII. HOW THE HEROES FOUGHT FOR A HUNDRED
  YEARS.](The%20Story%20of%20Rome%20From%20the%20Earl_split_001.html#filepos142499)
  
  [VIII. A BLAST FROM BEYOND THE NORTH-
  WIND.](The%20Story%20of%20Rome%20From%