[anigbrowl]

The GP didn't say it was about the fall of Rome, and nothing in the post suggests to me it was intended to be understood that way.

[aetherson]

I mean, his first sentence included the phrase "the story of Rome's fall" and nothing between there and the book suggested he'd changed topics.

[anigbrowl]

Given that he concluded with the focus on saving the republic specifically rather than Roman civilization it seemed obvious to me.