Pt. #2 - Why Are Men Obsessed With Rome (The Empire)?
Men are obsessed with the Roman Empire. And it’s for good reason because there are some eerie parallels between Rome and America today. In this episode, we will cover the causes behind the fall of the Roman Empire and whether America is heading down a similar path. Sponsored By: Good Ranchers: Go to https://go.goodranchers.com/mta and use promo code "Nick" for $25 off your order + free shipping. ------------------------------------------------ Links from today's ep: https://howardwiseman.me/Roman/19Maps... • The History of Rome (Every Year) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Romana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_... https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=h... https://www.visualcapitalist.com/curr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constan... • Barbarian Invasions and the Fall of the We... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... • Ancient Roman Coins: More Than Just Money https://www.reddit.com/media?url=http... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossin... ------------------------------------------------ Join our community chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Subscribe to the MTA channel: https://bit.ly/MTAVideoYT Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYSrD9 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UUAVKD Subscribe to The Why Minutes: @thewhyminutes Chapters: 00:00 - The episode will start shortly 01:17 - Intro 4:19 - Rome pt.1 recap 9:00 - War of Actium 21:14 - The Contabrian war 33:47 - Rome's territorial peak 1:00:32 - What truly destroyed Rome 1:20:36 - Roman debasement of silver coins 1:29:35 - The consequences of inflation 1:36:46 - The uncanny deaths of emperors 1:40:01 - Crisis of the 3rd century 1:58:00 - The fall of the western empire 2:18:33 - The state of Europe at the fall 2:21:26 - Making the argument 2:31:10 - Wrap up ------------------------------------------------ Find Nick: Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: / nickfreitasva Community Chat: https://bit.ly/43zQDLN Twitter: / nickjfreitas YouTube: / @nickjfreitas Podcast channel: / @makingtheargument TikTok: / nickjfreitas3.0