Machiavelli thought there might be lessons to learn from the Roman republican experience.
He spent two years studying the Roman historian Livy.
There is much for 21st century America to learn from Machiavelli's 16th century work, Discourses on Livy.
If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it hundreds of times from my 92 year old Father. Over and over he has stated that we are following the path of Rome and doing it in 1/2 the time.
Depressing