Thank you for your generous comments. This is precisely why I have been researching ancient Rome for over a decade now, carefully charting the similarities between our present day and those of 450A.D. -and they are truly staggering. Every single aspect of our society has its roots in Rome, its rise and eventual decline.

Wiser words have rarely been written than "...those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it" and we are witnessing exactly that right now.