I am a people person, and always enjoy meeting new people, especially if we share the same passions. Sometimes fortuitous circumstances bring people with similar interests together, as what happened to me the other day. GEORGE MAHER reached out to me after reading a recent article of mine: What Causes Societies to Rise and Fall. George holds a PhD in the economy of the Roman Empire from King’s College London and a bunch of other fancy degrees. While I was writing the article, I thought to myself, I sure would like to know more about the Roman monetary and fiscal system. Then George called me, and lo and behold he had written a book,PUGNARE, on the exact subject I was anxious to read! I bought the book immediately.
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