Peter Heather - Will the West Fall Like Rome?
Is the West doomed to be the next Roman Empire? Can we learn something from its fall? Historian Peter Heather thinks we can – and must.
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Show Notes
What can we learn about the decline of the west from the fall of the Roman Empire? Was decline inevitable for Rome and is it inevitable for the US too? Historian Peter Heather is the co-author of Why Empires Fall, a new book exploring the parallels between the 5th century and the 21st. He joined Luke Naylor Perrott to explore what new lessons we can learn from ancient history.
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