The Re-Education with Eli Lake

Ep. 43: What America Can Learn from the Roman Republic

Sep 23, 2022

01:18:11

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We're in a Perilous Moment

05:48

The Evolution of the United States

02:51

What Are the Things That Make Us Americans?

04:28

Introduction

2min

The Roman Empire and Its Influence on American Politics

3min

The Death Throes of the Roman Republic

5min

Do We Have a National Character Anymore?

5min

Will Durrant, Dan Carlin, and the End Is Always Nearer

2min

History as a Humanity Versus History as a Socal Science

2min

The National Character of a Nation

5min

Is There Such a Thing as a National Characteristic?

4min

What's America's National Character?

5min

10.

Is There a Certain Level of Character or Sense of Honor Among Roman Generals?

2min

11.

What's the Criterium of Toughness?

3min

12.

Roman Virtue - I'm Not a Senator's Son

4min

13.

The Evolution of the United States

3min

14.

Are the Founding Fathers Fascinated by the Roman Republic?

4min

15.

What Are the Things That Make Us Americans?

4min

16.

Is It Possible, Maybe, That We Do Get It Back After World War One?

5min

17.

Were Were More Patriotic Than We Really Were?

3min

18.

What Are the Lessons We Should Take From the Roman Empire?

2min

19.

We're in a Perilous Moment

6min

20.

I Don't Like Trump, I Agree With You That He's a Demagogue

4min

21.

What if Nature Abhors a Vacuum?

5min

In this special episode, the host of Hardcore History Dan Carlin talks with Eli about the similarities and differences between the American and Roman republics. Can we learn from the Roman Republic's decline and avoid the mistakes the great republic of antiquity made as it became a decadent empire? Click here for Carlin's great series on the death throes of the Roman Republic.

Time Stamps:

00:38 Monologue

15:08 Interview with Dan Carlin

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