[CNCRaymond]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
A big reason that the Roman Empire decayed from within is that they did not have the means to effectively govern such a massive empire from a central location; various provinces (especially far off ones) had too much autonomy, and the emperor/senate had little knowledge of the happenings in such far off provinces. The US has the advantage of instant communications.

So what your saying is.... bigger government means more control? The advantage of instant commincations did little to prevent some of our nations worst disasters.

Another problem with Rome was that the Senate was not a representative body; it was simply composed of members of the major houses of Rome. This is not the case with the US.

this really depends upon your point of view. I think most of the people in the House and Senate are from Major houses of the America. They are mostly from very privlaged families that is.

Additionally, the US has frequent changes in leadership with forced elections. This allows for changes in policy every few years. This will at the very least delay any stagnation or fall.

I think in Roman times they called this public executions or something along the lines of "Feed them to the lions!"

LOL

[ December 14, 2003, 21:01: Message edited by: CNCRaymond ]