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Rome fell because there was not enough homosexuality.
Based and completely true.
Note the Five Good Emperors:
3 gay guys who didn't have kids, and therefore had to adopt a competent heir
1 romantic widower who refused to remarry (loving your wife in Ancient Rome is gay, It Is Known), and therefore had to adopt a competent heir
1 straight guy who left the Empire to his biological son, who ruined everything
Obvious conclusion: Rome would have been better off if Marcus Aurelius just loved men like every other decent Roman citizen