US-Rome theory

That the US is the richest and most powerful nation on earth is not news. No country today can brag of having a better economy, a stronger army, a clearer vision of how to remain powerful, and a more overwhelming mass following. Be it in music, dressing, theaters, language, architecture, leadership- the US leads all others follow. Even those countries who do not follow the might of the USA make it their national policy to oppose it. In other words, their national policy is to react to the USA.

With the advent of the internet,ideas and news spread across the globe like the proverbial bush-fire. The source of all these is none other than the USA. Youtube, google, twitter, facebook, yahoo, CNN. How could life be without those American inventios of the past decade?

It seems to me thart the strength of the US is not an invention. all through the history of mankind, nations have risen up, conquered others and formed hegemonies, kingdoms or empires. Egypt, Mesopotamia, Hittites, Babylon, Carthage, the Zulu, the Inca, the Maya and Greece all rose at some point and ruled supreme over the souls of men and beasts alike.

But the rise of Rome as a super power deserves a special paragraph in my blog, as it was a novel event in the history of civilization. From a small city-state on the banks of the Tiber in 300 BC; Rome grew to cover most of the known world 300 years later. And the empire lasted de jure for 500 years, de facto for 1000 years. By some standards, we feel the effects of that empire till today, 2000 years later.

So it is with the US today. No matter which part of the iron curtain you were, you could not ignore the US. And today, no matter how red you are, the US impinges onto your nerves.

The greatest threat for the growth of the Roman Empire was from outside her borders, though some internal tempests did rock her bowels. Carthage, the Cimbri, Gauls, the Germans- all proved to be formidable enemies.