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Episode: Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire - Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome | Lex Fridman Podcast #443

Published on September 12, 2024

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The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire

by Edward N. Luttwak

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There was a military strategist, a guy named Edward Luttwak, who wrote this book, "The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire," which was basically about frontiers and how the Romans defined their frontier. And everybody's jumped on this and argued about it, and says it's wrong and all, but it started this debate among Roman historians about, yeah, what does frontier mean to the Romans?

Gregory Aldrete discusses the book, "The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire," written by Edward Luttwak, in the context of the Roman Empire's approach to defining and understanding its borders. The book sparked significant debate among Roman historians about the true meaning of frontiers in Roman times.

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