What can the fall of Rome teach us about the current decline of the West? A historian and a political economist, both experts in their fields, explore the parallels between the fall of the Roman Empire and the current state of the West. The book Why Empires Fall by historian Peter Heather and political economist John Rapley analyzes Rome's transition from power to disarray, connecting it to the current crisis of the West. They examine the parallel paths and the productive differences between the two periods and offer lessons from ancient history. From 399 to 1999, the life cycles of empires contain the seeds of inevitable destruction. The era of Western global dominance has come to an end - what are the next moves?