The Belgorod Brit keeps it relevant by discoursing on the battle of the Teutoberg Forest in 9 AD. In the film, he introduces us to Arminius, the proto-German, who tempted the Roman General Varus and his 3 Legions into the forests across the River Rhine and annihilated them. Arminius was a Romanized tribal leader, who learned enough about the Romans to defeat them.

In the podcast, BB goes into the psychological effect of the defeat on the elites of the Roman Empire, and their subsequent loss of confidence. Coupled with the transition to the imperial system and the rise of the court over the Senate, this defeat was the final nail in the meritocracy that had served Roman interests for the previous five centuries. Now it was proximity to the Emperor that afforded promotion. As a result, the elite families of Rome lost interest in the project and began to loot their own Empire. Even though the Iran debacle is only the latest in a string of military defeats for the American Empire, it may prove to be the moment when ordinary Americans stop believing in the project, and realise that elite power is now all about personal enrichment and proximity to the Emperor. If the Senate cannot impeach the President, or members of his regime, then the final nail will have been hammered into the coffin of the American experiment.

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