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The fall of the Roman empire was due to birth control?

Yes, but the Romans didn't have robots and automation. It will cancel out the decrease in population.

Maybe not only because of that, but abortion was pretty common in Roman Empire. If you think it requires modern medicine to conduct abortion then you are mistaken.

Can you cite anything that mentions birth control as having anything to do with roman empire collapse? I'm genuinely interested.

This is ridiculous, because the Roman empire did not collapse due to running out of Romans. Rome had a very generous naturalisation policy, part of its success.

The fall of Rome is probably the most overdetermined overinvestigated event in history; everyone has their pet theory. It's usually marked as the crossing of the Rhine by various 'barbarians' and the inability to mount an effective defence.

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