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American Empire VS Roman Empire : monetary history repeats itself - Brotha Nick - 04-18-2011 08:33 AM
the cycle continues...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThgsKuv4Ej0&feature=related
RE: American Empire VS Roman Empire : monetary history repeats itself - matt romney - 04-18-2011 04:02 PM
just compare the punic wars to the war on terror. mythology's influence on it, "Carthage delendum est", the Roman anger that Hannibal reached Rome, etc
RE: American Empire VS Roman Empire : monetary history repeats itself - Rick Ross 187 - 04-18-2011 08:00 PM
gas, Rome collapsed because it was a society based of perpetual expansion, for which it reached its limit. Once expansion stopped, its army turned from being a source of income to a drain on resources