You seem to have a rather limited view of Roman as well as Medieval history.
Neither was Rome all about being ruthless and military power, nor was the medieval christian society all about compassion and love.
In my opinion, we have our own forms of gladiator-games, just turn on your TV.
And I think th eroman empire would have ended anyway, each culture has its high and lows. Much of the Roman empire was preserved and is still important today, for example in law and art.
It was not Christianity that put an end to the Roman empire. But if Christianity hadn't evolved, another monotheistic religion, perhaps Islam, would have taken its place, monotheism was on the rise withhin the Roman polytheistic system, for example through the worship of sol invictus.
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