9) I am also not too concerned about foreigners, so long as their settled numbers are regulated and most come from nearby countries. But now you begin to concede in regard to the Roman Empire, although you do somewhat implicitly speak in defense of Rome, which I wouldn’t do at all. The Foederati were only part of the problem. You realize that Greek cosmopolitanism and Roman imperialism in the Near East caused Christianity? And how else could Christianity spread so fast except by the Roman system of cosmopolitanism that was already in place, and the counter-culture that Roman imperialism created?