Is America the New Rome?

The similarities are there, and it’s not just decorative.

Aiden Buzzetti
Nov 5 · 10 min read

The United States is rife with allusions to the Romans. You can see it in the term Senate, in the fasces that adorn the Lincoln Memorial, and even in portraits of the Founders themselves. It’s not as surprising as the average Joe might think: education at the time consisted of a lot of the classics (read: Greek and Latin…

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