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The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire - The Golden Age and the Seeds of Destruction

The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire - The Golden Age and the Seeds of Destruction

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Barnaby Ellison Thatch explores Rome's golden age under the Five Good Emperors, from Trajan's unprecedented territorial expansion to Marcus Aurelius's philosophical reign. This episode examines how the empire's greatest strengths—military conquest, slave-based economy, and vast scale—contained the seeds of its eventual decline, revealing the fragile systems beneath Rome's marble glory.

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