It’s funny that Rome is considered a good historical comparison, when the British Empire existed less than a century ago.
Rome had an agrarian slave economy. Britain, a very modern financial system and industrial economy. If there’s a wealth of insight to be drawn from comparisons, it’s probably gonna be from the latter and not the former.
It’s funny that Rome is considered a good historical comparison, when the British Empire existed less than a century ago.
Rome had an agrarian slave economy. Britain, a very modern financial system and industrial economy. If there’s a wealth of insight to be drawn from comparisons, it’s probably gonna be from the latter and not the former.