Review: Timely advice from a great era of the past relevant today.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2014
I love the easy way this author writes of Roman history.  It is “easy to read” in the sense that it is easy to understand and grasp the information even though it is about a time period and history of a group of people most of us hardly know anything about in this day and age.  Whenever I think of Ancient Rome, equality isn’t something I naturally credit to the Roman Empire.  Gladiators, slavery, war, domination, brute strength – yes, those fit Rome in my mind, but equality…?  So I was surprised to find out how early in their history is a time when women were “allowed” to advance into powerful political positions, and the “illegal aliens” of the day were allowed citizenship as long as they were considered to be “free” and not slaves.Current government leaders would be wise to learn from the fall of the seemingly invincible empire and why such a brutal and strong regime ultimately collapsed.  They were not just overpowered by outside forces who grew to be stronger and smarter.  No, it failed ultimately because of internal corruption and infighting.  Hopefully, the history of the Roman Empire won’t be repeated in the modern day strength of the United States government.  This book is not only a very interesting historical read, it is also a cautionary tale of sorts for today’s political unrest.