Esteemed university professor and best-selling author Thomas F. Madden presents an intriguing series of lectures based on a fascinating premise: that the United States has more in common with the rising Roman Republic than with the declining Roman Empire. The Tiber and the Potomac explores the amazing parallels between history's two most unusual superpowers. Both nations built empires based on trust, skillfully making friends of enemies. During the course of these lectures, Madden not only reveals these often surprising similarities, but also extracts useful principles from history, including vital lessons from Rome's 100-year struggle with terrorism.
Lecture 1 The Varieties of Empire
Lecture 2 The Founding of the Republics
Lecture 3 The Roots of Isolationism
Lecture 4 The First Encounters with a Dangerous World
Lecture 5 Securing the Horizon
Lecture 6 Superpowers
Lecture 7 Protecting the Elder Cultures
Lecture 8 A Cultural Generation Gap
Lecture 9 The Reluctant Empire of Trust
Lecture 10 The Dynamics of Trust
Lecture 11 War and Peace in a Time of Pax
Lecture 12 The Turn Inward
Lecture 13 Religious Terrorism and the Empire of Trust
Lecture 14 Decline and Fall