Views: 103Lessons from Rome for a modern age. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波   09/12/2025 As a new day breaks in the East, the pillars of the West begin to falter. The Sun has been rising in what we call the east and setting in what we call the west for as long as there has been a solid Earth with a defined horizon, which is essentially for the last 4.5 billion years. This pattern is a direct result of the initial conditions during the birth of our solar system and the enduring laws of physics that have kept our planet spinning steadily ever since. The anatomy of an unravelling: lessons from Rome for a modern age The year is 476 of the common era. The last Roman emperor in the west, a boy aptly named Romulus Augustulus[1], is deposed by the Germanic general Odoaker. This event, while symbolic, was merely the final … Continue reading The Sun rising on the East and setting in the west.