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For over 1,700 years, politicians, warlords, and would-be emperors declared that Rome was declining and only they could restore it. Watts (history, Univ. of California San Diego; The Last Pagan) has written a largely successful survey of the political idea of Rome's decline, which still has currency in the present day. Watts argues that Rome's declines were often illusory and that these baseless narratives were often powerful enough to incite Romans to viole...Log In or Sign Up to Read More