{The New Romans}[30th December 1990]

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The parallels between the Greek-Roman relationship and the British-American (USA) relationship* have been remarked upon; the modern parallel might be the European-American (USA) relationship. But it does lead to the suspicion that just as the Roman Republic and Empire can be seen as a ‘bridging cycle’ between two 2048-year cycles, so the Americans may turn out to be fulfilling the same function or role now.

If deterioration began, or at least the turning-point occurred[,] for Rome with the transition from Republic to Empire, we are at an approximately equivalent date now: and the seeds of North American decline and disintegration are being remarked upon. Both the Roman Republic and European North America had their origins approximately 500 years before the end of their respective 2048-year cycles;** Rome lasted c[irca] 400 years on;*** but things began to get difficult fairly early on in the new cycle.

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*(eg [sic] in relation to the MacMillan-Kennedy era)

**(Rome was actually first populated some centuries earlier)<901230>

***[ie into the new 2048-year cycle, presumably]

****[This seems particularly pertinent at a time when democracy in the United States of America has never appeared under greater threat; it will be interesting to see how that resolves, or develops.<20221120>]

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