Thinking About the Roman Empire

On this week's episode of History Reconsidered, Sumantra Maitra and Jarrett Stepman discuss why they think about the Roman Empire and why you probably do too even if you don't know it.Men thinking about the Roman Empire became quite a social media meme, but as Maitra and Stepman explain, the trend suggests that there's a deep longing in modern societies to consider our ancient origins."Thinking about the Roman Empire" could represent a desire in Western man for greatness and achievement or maybe it's because of a creeping notion that the West is in decline and may collapse as the Roman Empire did. Or perhaps, like great Roman historian Livy, we find solace in the chaos and confusion of our own time by studying the past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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History Reconsidered is a weekly podcast dedicated to taking a deep dive into historical issues and events and relating them to the modern world. It is hosted by Sumantra Maitra and Jarrett Stepman.Dr. Sumantra Maitra is a senior editor at The American Conservative, a senior contributor to The Federalist, a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America, and an elected, Associate Fellow at the Royal Historical Society, London. His book, “Sources of Russian Aggression” (Lexington-Rowman & Littlefield) is scheduled to be published in 2024.Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal and was a 2018 Lincoln Fellow with the Claremont Institute. He’s spent over a decade in media and wrote “The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past,” a book about how a cultural revolution aims at discrediting the foundations of the United States and the West. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.