Romanticon
Posted: August 16, 2009 at 3:13 a.m.
It's something of a parlor game among the commentariat to compare one era with another. Every time America's power ebbs, the pundits conjure the fall of the Roman Empire-and every time America's power increases, they fear it's the collapse of the Roman Republic.
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Perspective, Pages 79, 84 on 08/16/2009
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