Italian historian as gay: "Because of the Roman Empire fell '

Who was to blame for the decline of the Roman Empire?
The gay, the answer of the Italian historian and vice president of the National Research Council of Italy, Roberto de Matei, who in his statements to
Catholic radio station in the country, has provoked the ire of humanitarian organizations and individual public figures.
As stated, however, said, conservative de Matei "The epidemic of homosexuality and effeminacy, who reigned in Rome after the conquest of Carthage, which was a paradise for homosexuals led to the decline of the empire."
Only the capture of Carthage was the second BC century, while Rome is known as the collapsed fourth AD Moreover, the victory of the Romans against the Carthaginians was a turning point for the development of Rome in the Mediterranean sovereign power and not vice versa.
Besides the history of incompatibility, however, the racist statements of historical grievances have aroused a storm in Italy and already collected signatures of people in the arts but also other people who condemn his views.
Even requested his removal from the National Research Council and the referral to the Italian Parliament.
According to ancient written sources homosexuality may have been part of the luxurious life of the Romans, in particular, as indicated, after the conquest of the eastern provinces of the empire, but no evidence of widespread or in connection with the army.