Brief Reflections on Roman History

February 16th, 2010 | 1 min read

"Use dragons to keep wolves under control, and you eventually have to reward them. And then, they do what they want."

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Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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Brief Reflections on Roman History

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