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Published August 20, 2012, 12:00 AM

Column: All roads lead to Rome

WASHINGTON — The period of the American Revolution coincided with publication of Edward Gibbon’s “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” (1776), and ever since we’ve been vigilant for signs that the U.S. was following in Rome’s footsteps.

By: Kathleen Parker, Worthington Daily Globe

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