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-- While the Roman birthrate did fall off, lead could not be shown to be the (or even a) reason. Political and societal upheaval may have had a lot more to do with it. Conversely, urbanization, better health and greater longevity in the more settled parts of the Empire might have made having lots of babies seem less necessary.
Quintus Aurelius Orcus wrote:... look at the birth rate of Europe in the last 50 years.
Politicians and scientists were starting to worry about the day that senior citizens would be a minority and the younger people were a minority. They had to open their borders and start to let immigrants in so that the population would still grow.
Maybe that has happened in the Roman empire as well. Prosperity made for most people the need to have babies as unnecessary or unwelcome because they see it as a burden on their lives. They only want to live their lives without raising kids, without responsibility. Today or ten years ago, you had couples chosing not to have kids not just because of the responsibility, but also because they feared that their kids would grow up in a world that is more dangerous, more expensive and they wouldn't have much of a future. Which in my opinion has alot more to do with the fact that they believe that children with rob them of their freedom. With kids, parents can't do everything they used to do without thinking of their kids. Basicly it comes down to being irresponsible.
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