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Greek philosophy is catered towards elite, pretentious academics who think any practicality is crass and below them. Roman philosophy is applicable and down to earth, built from observation and analysis of actual reality as compared to platonic ideals and self-referential religious dogmas. It's...

That's because Rome lived in a rougher neighborhood.

Most of them are gone, and the rest are glorified pets that are only kept around for show.

It wasn't done so much as it happened. At any rate, the Reformation did begin the end of Christianity as a political force, followed by Christianity as a social force. It was a mistake of the Monarchs who thought they could use the Burghers to usurp the Catholic Church's power.

You are both right. The Catholic Church's power was decisively broken by an alliance between the Monarchs, meaning that Absolute Despotism could be viable from then on. It was from that time on that the idea of an autocracy went from an ideal to a reality for Western Christendom. Of course, it...