A book club - with a difference.

ive just stared a new book called the 12 cesars , its really interesting so far it talks about the 12 main emperors of Rome and their lives, all I can say is after learning about Julia Cesar I totally understand why 20 somthing guys all stabbed him in the back the guy was a pest, to put it lightly.

I've read quite a bit of Roman history, what I find interesting is what happened after the 12 caesars when Rome started its long decline, it can be a bit difficult to find information about it, but it is there if you look for it. I often wonder why theres so little published on it? I wonder if it's because the rise of empire and it's "glories" make a much better story than how it unravels? It's unravelling was complicated and in no way neat, there seem to be few goodies and a lot of badies and a handful of incompetants.

I've read quite a bit of Roman history, what I find interesting is what happened after the 12 caesars when Rome started its long decline, it can be a bit difficult to find information about it, but it is there if you look for it. I often wonder why theres so little published on it? I wonder if it's because the rise of empire and it's "glories" make a much better story than how it unravels? It's unravelling was complicated and in no way neat, there seem to be few goodies and a lot of badies and a handful of incompetants.

im quite new to the book so I dont know all the ins and outs but I watch some of the history YouTube Chanels that discus the rise of Rome , its very interesting, I think with your question , the rise is always meteoric, the ones who conquer new land and create empires are always remembered like Julia Cesar, even Alexander the Great even though he wasnt roman, but to maintain a empire that is already built is a lot easier, its just at this point every parasite and noble man get their teeth into the state, to us it to its own end, and bribery and corruption sky rockets and empires collapse, its sad as were seeing it in real time today with the collapse of the American empire.

I find te collapse of Rome more interesting that its formation, the Visigoths and Vandals did far more than trash cities.

And the Visigoths and the Vandals