“While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand;
When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall;
And when Rome falls—the world.”

                                 —Lord Byron

Welcome to When Falls the Coliseum: a journal of American culture (or lack thereof).

“A journal of American culture (or lack thereof)” means our writers write about anything having to do with American culture, broadly understood, which includes pretty much anything and everything.

When Falls the Coliseum is full of humor and satire, vigorous discussion, personal reflection, reviews, occasional strangeness, and more opinions than you can shake a big stick at, if you are the sort who shakes sticks.

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