"Peace under the United States" seems to be weakening, which has led to many speculations about the "decline" about the "Empire" of the United States.To avoid its own downlink and decline, there are still many things in the United States to learn.Perhaps the most important lesson is that even overlords need to act properly.
Last year, a wave of social media set off a wave. Women asked men how long they remembered the Roman Empire every time, and the answer seemed to be "often": Many men claimed that this ancient empire appeared every week or even every day in their brains.Essence
This is not surprising for the host of the well -known podcast "Roman History" Mike Duncan; and Tom Holland, who has written too much about the best -selling best -selling books, may also do the same.EssenceMary Beard certainly understands the public's obsession with Rome.Her research on ancient Rome, coupled with her simple style and continuous charm, made her call it "(British) national treasure -level figure, and it is also the most famous world -renowned classical scientist."
What exactly allows Rome to resonate with modern audiences like this?As Bilder explained, the Republic of Roman constituted the foundation of Western politics and culture.In addition, Rome's history seems to be many aspects, and elements can be split, reorganized and interpreted to adapt to any narrative or belief.
Rome is an important source of inspiration for the modern free and democratic system.The ideas and actions of the "founding father" in the United States have been injected into the ideal of Rome, and this co -China country is regarded as a new benchmark benchmarker of the Republican free system.However, Italian fascist elements, especially Mussolini, also tried to depict themselves as the legal heirs of the Roman Empire in their own way.
Rome is also a story of a Democratic Republic that has been trampled by the people's frustration, political norms, and the general desire for "strong people" leaders.Former US President Trump's slander often compares him to Caesar, criticizing him to confuse, regardless of all pursuit of power, as well as the rules and standards of violations of criminals.But his extremely right -wing followers often made the same analogy, trying to depict him as a great empire conqueror.
Trump's followers also believe that immigrants have led to the demise of the Roman Empire.In a wider sense, the right forces believe that ancient Rome laid the foundation for "white culture".This also helps to explain why the classical scientist of Princeton University Dan-El Padilla Peralta feels that the discipline he studies is inseparable from whitening imperialists.
Beld challenged this kind of white myth, and she was published in the Roman Senate and the People in 2016: A book of ancient Roman history said that the story of the Roman Empire must be a diversified race.History.In fact, the book ended with Emperor Karakara awarded all the subjects and citizenship of the empire as the end.The reason why the old Roman nobles lost their privileges was exactly that they had never shared these privileges.
Similarly, the story of Rome has become the paradise of patriarchy.Rome may also have a heroine, but they are usually the emperor's mother and spouse.In the final analysis, Rome is fundamentally a guardian society, advocating heroism, honor, and masculinity, that is, "virtus: Virtus).At the same time, the voluntary homosexual behavior of the two sides is legal, so ancient Rome can be regarded as the source of early legitimacy of homosexual rights.
The meaning of the Roman story to the Israeli
For the Israelites, Rome is entirely another meaning: the story of the Roman Empire evacuated, and at the same time, it also highlights the disaster effects that unrealistic ideas bring.Take the anti -Roman empire uprising led by Simon Bar Kokhba in 132 AD as an example. In the last upgrade of the Jewish war with the Romans, the former suffered a fiasical defeat. All Jews were expelled from JewishThe province (Judea), while the Emperor Hudliang renamed the place "Palestine" permanently.
General Yehoshafat Harkabi, director of the late Israeli Military Intelligence Agency, wrote in his pioneering book Balkokaba syndrome: the risk and realism of international relations, and it was written.Balcorba's "irresponsible national suicide behavior" instills "resistance and heroic worship responsible for consequences" to Jews.Fortunately, David Ben-Gurion, the founder of modern Israeli, has different ideas: he will never get a superpower or start a war without being supported by another superpower.It is sighed that (being renamed again named Jewish and Samaria) on Palestine's land on Palestine's land, but he wanted to repeat the mistakes of Barr Corchba's suicide.
Rome is also often cited to describe the US hegemony."Pax Romana" (Pax Romana), a relatively peaceful and prosperous golden age supported by a powerful empire, provides a model for "Pax America" after World War II.Just as after the Berlonnenia War, the struggle for "common peace" between Greek city -states eventually provided a moral foundation for Rome to seize control.EssenceFrom this point of view, peace is often unable to compare with sufficient political freedom.
However, "peace under the United States" seems to be weakening, which has led to many guesss about the "decline" of the "Empire" of the United States.In the 18th century, Edward Gibbon and Montesquien wrote about the fate of the Roman Empire, laying the foundation for such guessing.However, to avoid its own downlink and decline, there are still many things in the United States to learn.
Maybe the most important lesson is that even overlords need to act properly.Rome suffered what Yiben said "the natural and inevitable impact caused by excessive powerful."As we all know, the United States also lacks proper humility, especially in the era of hegemony of invincible opponents after the Cold War.The United States should be careful to ensure that it will not collapse due to arrogance and arrogance.
Although history is more helpful to understand the present and the future, they do not provide any guarantees.Even the so -called "Xiu Xidde trap", that is, the conflict between the current hegemony (such as the United States) and the rising country (such as China) should not be regarded as the iron law of history, even if it is just just a historical iron law, even if it is just just, it is just just, it is just just the only one, even if it is just just a historical iron law, even if it is just just, it is just just a matter.Because the cost of modern war is really high.
This allows us to see the key difference between the West today and the Roman period in the heyday: the Romans expect to reproduce the past glory in the future, and the belief in progress and revival is the Western world view after the Enlightenment movementThe cornerstone.As long as we adhere to this belief, we can also learn from historical lessons, and we are expected to avoid repeating the most serious mistakes committed by the ancestors.
The author SHLOMO BEN-AMI is the former Foreign Minister of Israel, the vice chairman of the current Torio International Peace Center
English Original: Why Rome Still Matters
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