#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

12788.071 - 12811.45 Gregory Aldrete

I think we're at an interesting moment right now. I mean I'm getting way beyond ancient history here, but for a long time we had this sort of stasis with the nuclear standoff with mutually assured destruction between this US sort of block of nations and the Soviet ones. And it worked. Now we're entering this kind of time when a lot more countries are going to start becoming nuclear capable.