Rome in its Republican stage stood as an early example of what prolific statescraft can accomplish, made by the hands of freemen pushing south. Through much turmoil, civil unrest, and territorial expansion came Imperium Romanum. But great growth has its costs.

Inclusion of non-Aryans—in this case a type of Mediterranean—allowed a half-breed Etruscan to champion foreign families, bringing them up in class, despite protest from Old Romans. Unfortunately, here begins the muddling of Rome—not unrelated to the eventual acceptance of Orientals and enfranchisement of slaves.

Elite births crashed, middling men boomed. The consequences of complacency set in, mongrelism settled, a recession of Northern input and four hundred years of societal stagnation became reality. Foreigners took native names, Christianity displaced native faith. What felled Rome wasn't war, economy, politics, or religion, but inferior stock ruining its integrity—nearly identical to US rise & fall.