What is America's Rubicon? How America's Political Breakdown Looks a Lot Like Rome's
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr 14 min
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Episode description
Historian Mike Duncan makes a compelling case that a breakdown of the political rules of the game--mos maiorum--drove the downfall of the Roman Republic. How much is America's breakdown of political norms and cohesion like that of the Roman Republic? How do we avoid our own Civil Wars and Rubicon?
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