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A New Reason For The Fall Of The Roman Empire Was "The Straw That Broke The Camel's Back"

One of the biggest questions researchers and armchair historians ponder and debate is how the Western Roman Empire fell. While innumerable theories have been put forward to answer this question, the ...
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If students want to understand politics, they should start with Ancient Rome

The Roman Republic fell roughly 2,000 years ago — the culmination of a series of events including Julius Caesar’s assassination 2,069 years ago today. Yet the republic’s ruin still influences how we ...