Thread: The US- no longer a Superpower?

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Same same Rome, la.

Nope, not even remotely. Rome was a colonising empire that fell apart due to over-reliance on slaves and pressure from northern tribes. There are few if any similarities to the decline of Rome and the decline of the US.

According to Gibbons it was the rise of Christianity