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66: Peter Turchin - Why Empires Rise & Fall

The Nietzsche Podcast

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Aristocracy and the Plebelian Secession

In 275 BC, possession of 10 pounds of silver was considered by the moral censors to be anti-social behavior. The high level of asabia is what ensured Rome's continual success in unusually long integrative phase during this period. Even after they endured disaster after disaster, like the sack of their own city by Brynis, a history of loss heavy wars, Rome still manages to endure.

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