Didn’t it have something to do with crazy emperors and scary barbarians? On today’s NRO podcast, British historian Adrian Goldsworthy, author of How Rome Fell, answers all. We discuss what Edward Gibbon thought, whether it was the fault of Christians, and what the modern United States can learn from the Roman experience.
About the Author
John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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