Rome\'s decline and the U.S.

[Draconis]

There are parallels though. Rome had periods of economic crises, bankers failing, bailing them out to prevent the whole system from collapsing. Coinage debasement similar to the US going from silver coins to jacket coins. There is a saying that form follows function. In armor, if you need head protection, you build someting that fits around a head. Similar problems often are met by similar attempts at solution, there are only so many options. So, yes Rome faced issues similar to the U.S. faces now, but also different. In any major issue, there will inevitably be many variables that affect the problems and solutons as well as constraints on dealing with them. In multi nation scenarios, the players of today are not those of 1800 years ago. So while you may draw some lessons from history, you cannot say with certainty that things will play out now as they did during Diocletian's time, because its just not the same. So, yes and no. To say history repeats itself is not quite right, every time is a new game, but form follows function so while it may be decorated differently, it still a helmet so to speak.