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Empire Without End?: The Fate of Rome and the Future of America |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / FEATURE |
| Author: David Gress |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2002 |
| Size: 4,494 Words, 26,899 Characters |
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"The Romans.On them I impose no limits of time or place.I have given them an empire that will know no end." The Roman poet Virgil (70--19 b.c.) placed these resounding words in the mouth of the king of the gods, Jupiter. He is declaring his purpose for the exiles of Troy, the city captured by the Greeks. Led by the Trojan prince Aeneas, the exiles are on their way to Italy, where they are fated, after much sorrow and war, to found the city of Rome. Jupiter is speaking to Venus, the goddess of love, who is also the mother of Aeneas. She fears that Jupiter's consort, Juno, who has always favored the Greeks and opposed the Trojans, will continue to persecute the exiles. The king of the gods reassures Venus that her son and his followers will accomplish their purpose and that this purpose wil...
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... empire without end is alive and well.
What will America's legacies be? A legacy is a testament. America is not dead yet and not about to leave a testament. The best lesson we can learn from the fate of ancient Rome is to keep faith in the worth of our society and nation, whatever its real or apparent faults. It is ours and worth preserving, as the best of the Romans would have agreed.
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