Lex Fridman Podcast
#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome
Gregory Aldrete
Yeah. So, I mean, after Rome starts to go downhill, as you enter the third century, so the 200s, so we're moving out of the golden era now. I mean, a famous Roman historian, Cassius Dio, who lived right at that moment, very famously wrote of the transition of Marcus Aurelius to what follows, "'Our kingdom now descends from one of gold to one of rust and iron.'"
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