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shockey80

(4,379 posts) Sun Feb 9, 2020, 12:50 PM Feb 2020

The political rot extended to the Senate, which failed to temper the excesses

of the leaders due to its own wide spread corruption and incompetence. Civic pride waned, citizens lost trust in their leadership.

Sound familiar, that's what happened to the Roman Empire. It was one of the reasons the Roman Empire collapsed.

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