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Roman/US Empire

Submitted by LatinsforPaul on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 08:05
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"The Roman Empire lasted 1,000 years, but only about half that time as a republic. The Roman Republic fell for many reasons, but three reasons are worth remembering:

1) Declining moral values and political civility at home
2) An overconfident and overextended military in foreign lands
3) Fiscal irresponsibility by the central government."

David M. Walker former US Comptroller General

Sound familiar ?

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I would add a dependency on

Submitted by bmcgrew on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 08:53.

I would add a dependency on the goverment. By the end of the Roman Republic, the majority of its citizens were waiting in lines for food, money, and circus tickets.