This is the Friends of History, Debating Society.

I am Gaius, John Bachelors.

Germanicus is here.

Michael Vleyhous, we are in Londonium 91 AD, the Springtime.

The countryside is glorious.

At the same time we feel very secure surrounded by retired centurions, shopping with their wives.

And we're reflecting on the philosophy of the Roman Empire, projected two thousand years

now.

The Americans have inherited the might of Rome.

And they are conducting themselves in the hilly, piggly fashion that the Roman Empire

did for many centuries.

Sometimes you have good leadership, sometimes you miss good leadership.

Decision making, however, is a common purpose for both empires.

The Romans made good decisions eventually about the Britain tribes.

And eventually we're able to subdue the Britain tribes, hence we feel very, very much

at peace.

Their tribes along the empires borders, however, and that's for another day.

Right now we're looking at revelations in the 21st century, most recently, of how the

American Empire regards the war in Ukraine.

In fact, regards its contest in general against the near-peer or peers with nuclear powers

of China and Russia can, can, can join to conduct their affairs to dominate the world

island.

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