What happened to the Roman Empire ?
Edward Gibbon (1737 – 1794) in his book “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” indicated five attributes which characterized Rome at the time of its end.
They had:
- A Mounting Love of Show and Luxury (Affluence).
- A Widening Gap Between the Very Rich and the Very Poor.
- An Obsession with Sex.
- Freakishness in the Arts, Masquerading as Originality and Enthusiasm and Pretending to be Creative.
- An Increased Desire to Live Off the State.
A lesson to be learned?
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