Are we Rome? Sallust on the decline of civilization
Following up on “The constant decline of civilization?” A favorite historian, Sallust (86– c. 35 BCE), on how his generation of Romans is so much worse morally than the preceding ones. In The War with Catiline, he writes: “Since the occasion has arisen to speak of the morals of our country, the nature of my […]
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