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[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Fair point in the long run, but Rome had cycles of ascendance, stagnation, decline, and rebirth. The Roman republic founded by Romulus and Remus was vastly different from the Rome that fought Carthage, which was vastly different from the Rome that unified with Egypt via marrying Cleopatra VII, which was vastly different from Constantine's Rome.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Arguably the US is in a decline comparable to end of the Roman Republic before the rise of the Roman Empire.

Corruption, ineffective government, economic decline, domestic instability and yet a very large military.

Debatably Rome only fell once it lost its military might. Huge simplification I know. Lots of factors lead to Rome being weak enough to be sacked and losing control of its territories.