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

12850.589 - 12871.484 Gregory Aldrete

I mean, we're kind of jumping out of the ancient world, but I'll tell you one thing that's always fascinated me in this sort of comparison of ancient and modern is how people don't learn the lessons of the past in military history. And the very specific example that in my lifetime I've seen play out twice is just certain places people make the same mistakes over and over again.