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Roman Empire

Walter Scheidel — Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity

In Science Salon # 122 Michael Shermer speaks with Walter Scheidel as he recounts the gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world.

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