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The author discusses how the Roman Empire, an empire without a serious rival, rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the wider good of the state.

Wellington's momentous victory over Napoleon was the culminating point of a brilliant military career. Yet Wellington's achievements were far from over: he commanded the allied army of occupation in France to the end of 1818, returned home to a seat in Lord Liverpool's cabinet, …