Episode 141: Rome the decline of democracy (Part XV)

23/06/2021 46 min

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Episode Synopsis

This episode is the fifteenth part of a larger series in which I am joined by Roman Empire expert Brett Davidoff, as we discuss some of the parallels of ancient Rome to the United States and other historical instances of democratic decay. In this episode we take a break from our Roman chronology and discuss how trade functioned in Rome.