The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome Audiobook Libro.fm

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As this book intriguingly explores for those who would make Rome great again and their victims ideas of Roman decline and renewal have had a long and violent history

The decline of Rome has been a constant source of discussion for more than 2200 years Everyone from American journalists in the twentyfirst century AD to Roman politicians at the turn of the third century BC have used it as a tool to illustrate the negative consequences of changes in their world Roman prophets of decline were ultimately proven correcta fact that makes their modern invocations all the more powerful

The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome tells the stories of the people who built their political and literary careers around promises of Roman renewal as well as those of the victims they blamed for causing Romes decline The story begins during the Roman Republic just after 200 BC It proceeds through the empire of Augustus and his successors traces the Roman loss of much of western Europe in the fifth century AD and follows Roman history until its fall in 1453 If Rome illustrates the profound danger of the rhetoric of decline it also demonstrates the rehabilitative potential of a rhetoric that focuses on collaborative restoration a lesson of great relevance to our world today