last call lectures: how rome went from republic to god-king
how rome went from republic to god-king
one of depaul's best professors walks into a bar and teaches you something that'll change how you see everything.
rome didn't fall into one-man rule overnight. it got there slowly, by quietly dismantling the very system built to stop it. a society that prided itself on killing its last king somehow ended up worshipping its emperors as actual gods. drew miller traces that strange path from republic to divinely-ordained autocracy: the strongmen who pushed the limits, the institutions that crumbled while everyone pretended they hadn't, and the moment the republic became a memory nobody wanted to admit was gone.
here's how the night runs: a 45-minute talk to set the stage, then an hour of guided small group discussion where you actually get to dig in with the people around you, and a dedicated q&a to close things out. come curious, leave smarter than you walked in.
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