Do the U.S.A. and the Roman Empire have much in common? At what point are we in our own decline and fall?

Question

History tells us that the Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 A.D. I think it would be conservative to say that the U.S.A. has reached at least 400 A.D in its own equivalent path toward self-destruction. If the citizens of America continue falling for the lies and deceptions of politicians which lead us into ruinous wars, we are surely done for. Now, the New Yorker magazine tells us that Dick Cheney is pushing as hard as he can for an attack on Iran. Will we fall for the big lie once again?

Answer 1

everything that has a beginning will have a ending. i think Rome and the U.S. have many similarities.

Answer 2

All civilizations have a rise and fall. You can't predict the fall of America on the Roman Empire. They have nothing to do with one another..So what if Cheny is pushing for an attack on Iran? We do not have the manpower or the money to do that anyway regardless of what he thinks.

Answer 3

Hannibal moved a band of elephants around the Mediterranean Sea and into Italy out of anger and revenge for how Rome treated other people's and nations. He didn't defeat Rome, but he scared the crap out of the Romans who then went on a 150 year binge of attacking and pillaging other countries to quell anti-Roman resistance. By the end of it, Rome was so over extended and broke from spending on military campaigns (and could not steal enough wealth to sustain itself) that Rome eventually collapsed, sending Europe into the Dark Ages.

Was Rome's anything like the US situation now? Hell, no. Rome wanted gold, not oil, and Hannibal committed suicide when his attack failed; Osama didn't off himself, and he used airplanes (which don't look anything like elephants...).

On the other hand, the brutality and pillaging of neighboring nations by Rome and the US is quite similar.


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Answer 4

even as will the human beings understand the international doesn't favor or pick you as our international police rigidity? actuality is even as the united states strides into random overseas international places to maintain democracy you in various of circumstances create extra mess than became there first of all. In answer to the question. united statesa. isn't isolationist or imperial, although a number of its foriegn coverage mirrors that of an empire. the widespread international is made from states and that i'd pick to imagine became previous the point of installation empires, perchance i'm incorrect.... Economically the U. S. is substantial, and so politically also. they don't seem isolationist, becuase they commerce with all of us else.

Answer 5

In regards to yor first question. Whenever a person, company , or country is at the top, it is always the goal of all others to take them down, it is human nature. this is all that the U.S.A. and the Roman Empire have in common.

Answer 6

I agree with my Greek teacher - America is alright in its decline and it cannot do anything to bounce back. Nations rise and fall, it is an irreversible process.

Answer 7

decline started in 1990s

Answer 8

STARTED 2000 WITH BUSH...