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 n American Election Season
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DESCRIPTION:Join this interesting presentation as Michelle discusses what m
 odern Americans can learn from the ancient Roman Republic’s collapse int
 o autocracy. She argues that the foundations for Roman autocracy were laid
  over the course of more than a century—enormous wealth disparities\, th
 e normalization of emergency measures in response to crises\, an increasin
 gly mercenary military\, the use of force against Roman citizens\, and a S
 enate that ceded its power to individual men instead of grappling with the
  underlying problems. She demonstrates how Augustus\, the man we call the 
 first Roman emperor\, used these and other factors to consolidate power an
 d found a monarchy. She considers parallels in modern American politics an
 d how we might avoid following in Rome's footsteps..
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LOCATION:Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum
SUMMARY:Lessons from a Lost Republic: Thinking About Ancient Rome in an Ame
 rican Election Season
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 ic-thinking-about-ancient-rome-in-an-american-election-season
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