Rome Was Always in Decline

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Are we living in a declining empire in need of renewal? Maybe.

But one thing to keep in mind? Romans thought the same thing centuries before the great empire fell.

So what’s up with the fascination with the decline and fall of Rome? And what lessons does it have for US politics?

To help us answer that question, we’ve got Edward J. Watts. He’s a professor of history at UC San Diego and the author of a new book, The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome.

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0:00.0	Love this podcast support this show through the a cast supporter feature
0:05.1	It's up to you how much you give and there's no regular commitment. Just click the link in the show description to support now. People live in a world their own making.
0:25.0	Frankly, that seems to be the problem.
0:31.0	Welcome to Angry Planet.
0:34.0	Hello.
0:36.0	Hello and
0:37.0	and ...
0:40.0	...
0:42.0	Hello and welcome'm Matthew Gault.
0:45.0	Are we living in a declining empire?
0:48.0	Are we living in a declining empire in need of renewal?
0:52.0	Maybe. But one thing to keep in mind? Romans thought the exact same
0:57.6	thing centuries before the great empire fell. So what's up with the fascination with the decline in fall of Rome and what
1:05.8	lessons does it have for US politics? To help us answer that question we've got
1:10.3	Edward J. Watts he's a professor of history at UC San Diego and the author of a new book, The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome.
1:18.5	Thanks for joining us.
1:20.0	Thank you for having me. This is a real treat.
1:23.0	All right, painful question.
1:25.0	Can you give us an extremely a rich version of Roman history?
1:30.0	Who were they? Where were they?
1:32.0	And how long did it last? Okay, so I will do my dust here. The city of Rome is founded, we believe, sometime in the 8th century,
1:39.9	BC, of course, founded where it is now, along the Tyber River in Italy.
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