The Roman Republic and America
The Pantheon Remember, Roman, that it is yours to lead other people. It is your special gift. Virgil, The Aeneid We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright A Roman General Comes to Washington Imagine an educated patrician (upper class) Roman officer from around 20 BC. He has spent most of his military career in the last decades of the Roman Republic and now is a legion commander in the first years of the Roman Empire of Caesar Augustus. Rome is at the height of its power and influence, acquired through conquest during the Roman Republic. Now imagine he is transported through time to today’s Washington. After marveling at the new technology (horseless chariots?), like any curious tourist he would start to look for similarities to his hometown, Rome. The similarities would not be hard to find. Both ci...
