I love reading about Ancient Rome and this article has some really interesting information I’d never known before. The origin of the word “limits” I found parti

I love reading about Ancient Rome and this article has some really interesting information I’d never known before. The origin of the word “limits” I found particularly interesting. Unfortunately the title and overall aim of the article detract from all the good information it contains. In particular, the article’s attempt to remain topical and relevant by linking Rome’s downfall to an issue we face today do not do justice to the well-documented and well-researched conclusions historians have drawn to date. If it offered new evidence, that might be a different story. It feels like a rehashing of “Rome expanded so far its resources were spread thin” but with the focus being on the wall itself, which is a little disingenuous. So it’s hard to shake the feeling that this is a thinly veiled political piece, which is really unfortunate because there is a lot of great knowledge mixed in.