Reading Livy against Livy: The dream and nightmare of (American) empire1
Michael Edward Moore
Recent debates over the rise of an American Empire have relied on analogies to past empires, from ancient Athens modern Britain. Such historical analogies, while inexact and debatable, are a basic mode understanding our relation past. This article explores analogy United States Roman Empire. The figure Rome is contested legacy, as can be seen in long-ago writings Livy Tacitus, developing ideal during Middle Ages, works scholars poets living under Soviet domination Poland. Tacitus tells us that most profound symptoms empire may homeland. debate for thus “state America's soul.”
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