In about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic was transformed into a dictatorship. If you had told a Roman senator at the beginning of ...
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Victor Davis Hanson compares America's current historical moment to the period surrounding the life of Christ, when the Roman Republic transformed into the Roman Empire, during an interview with ...
Listen to more stories on the Noa app. This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. In about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of ...