Rome: Decline and Fall? Part II: Institutions
One of the books I'm currently reading is Edward J. Watts' "Mortal Republic - How Rome Fell into Tyranny" which details how Rome the republic transformed into a dictatorship. It is intriguing, parts are like the TV-series House of Cards with an abundance of dirty tricks pulled by opponents against each other.One thing I've never quite understood from history books though: there was so much wealth, people with big palaces, large tracts of land, artwork (like statues), gold, from wealthy families, and so on. Where did all that wealth go in the end?