Most people think collapse is an explosion.A wall falls. A city burns. A single date on a timeline.But that’s almost never how it happens.Rome didn’t “fall in 476.” That’s the lie.Rome faded — slowly — through a series of rational “fixes” that hollowed the system from the inside.In this flagship episode, I explain what I call **The Roman Pattern**:When a civilization gets stressed, it adapts… and those adaptations repeat in predictable ways.Rome’s pressure points were always the same:1) Money (debasement → inflation → trust collapse)2) Borders & people (migration stress → deals → fragmentation)3) Power (emergency authority → permanent rule by decree)And here’s the twist:Rome survived again and again — by becoming something else.Until “Roman” stopped meaning anything real.If you want to spot collapse signals in real-time — and understand what today is rhyming with — this is the foundation.Subscribe for more episodes breaking down the patterns of empire decline.👇 QUESTION FOR YOU:Are we living in our own “Third Century”… or are we already closer to Rome in 470?
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The Jeremy Ryan Slate Show is a bi-weekly investigation into how power really works—across history, empires, and the modern world.Each episode draws on two core lenses:Hidden forces behind history—royal murders, lost colonies, financial systems, modern elites, NGOs, propaganda, and the quiet mechanisms that shape events long before they reach the headlines.And the Roman pattern—the idea that today’s crises aren’t new. Currency collapse, political division, border chaos, military overreach—Rome faced them all first. The Roman Empire spent centuries making every mistake a civilization can make, and left behind a playbook we’re following agai...