Category: History

Opinion / Geopolitics / History

 by Jaffa Levy

The Decay of America Is Not a Moral Story. It Is a Policy Story

Empires do not collapse because their populations weaken. They collapse because elites refuse to repair the conditions that caused that weakness. History shows a familiar progression: neglect gives way to moral panic, panic hardens into discipline, discipline escalates into militarism, and militarism ends in war. Edwardian Britain followed this path to catastrophe. America is now walking it again.

History / Defence

 by Jaffa Levy

How Rome Bought Loyalty: Inside the Pay System of the Imperial Legions

Measured in silver, the Roman soldier seemed poorly paid. But once we map his lifetime income by social percentile, he emerges as one of the best-compensated professionals of antiquity. Rome’s army wasn’t just a military machine — it was the empire’s largest engine of social mobility, recycling half of all state spending into land, pensions, and loyalty.