The rise and fall of ancient Rome has been on American minds from the beginning of our republic.Today we focus less on the Roman Republic than on the empire that took its place. Depending on who's doing the talking, the history of Rome serves as either a triumphal call to action or a dire warning of
Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America
β Scribed by Murphy, Cullen
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Year
- 2008;2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 195 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0547527071
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