Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires | Lex Fridman Podcast #498
32:57And this is a function of the Roman matrix of politics here. In other words, So here's a bit of a paradox.2:18:57Institutional matrix in which all communities are enmeshed. They can't get out of it. Also, they, they have a church, don't they?3:18:32Um, that emperors are having to look over their shoulders all the time. That there is a deeper matrix of Roman Republican thought there. Like, that's one














