Is America collapsing like Ancient Rome?
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NWSL history is being written in real time, and the next generation is watching. This year's champions are about to leave it all on the field. And Nike's Toma El Juego is bringing a new wave of young athletes to see it firsthand, so they can elevate their game to become the champions of tomorrow. Learn more at Nike.com slash soccer. If you were a Roman citizen around, say two hundred B C. You might have assumed Rome was going to last Forever.
At the time. Rome was the greatest republic in human history. And its institutions had proven resilient through invasions and all kinds of disasters. But the foundations of Rome started to weaken less than a century later. And by twenty seven BC
the republic had collapsed entirely. and became an empire. And even though the Roman state persisted. It was no longer a representative. Democracy.
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