The Roman Empire declined and fell because of moral decay?
Who would have thought!
In the movie Spartacus, there is an allusion to homosexuality. Tony Curtis is a young male house slave. If you’re on the uptake, you suspect the master has him for sexual pleasure. Anyway, a legion of the Roman army marches by. The master said there is Rome. You must embrace it. You must love it. Tony Curtis realizes how sick and disgusting the whole thing is. The next thing you know, he makes his escape and joins Spartacus and the slave revolt.
“I’m Spartacus,” Tony Curtis says in a dramatic scene toward the end of the movie, joined by others.
The day may be coming when we will have the opportunity.
Spartacus led a slave revolt against the Roman Republic (he died in 72 BC), before the Empire even existed.