{"product_id":"gravitas-collapsing-empire-paperback","title":"Gravitas: Collapsing Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 190 A.D., Commodus Antoninus has ruled the Roman Empire for eleven years and replaced the measured government of his immediate predecessors with the capricious behavior of a madman. He is universally hated and feared. Four people scattered across the Empire-in Rome, Ostia, Spain, and Germany-have been struggling to understand the altered circumstances of their lives. Born into a stable world, they recognize it less and less. Little by little, the time-honored principle of gravitas-restraint, decency, service to country, respect for tradition, and care for others-is vanishing, and they wonder whether Commodus is the cause of their dilemma or its consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow they find their way in this altered world is the subject of this novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51375131230431,"sku":"9781953728098","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/7BMeMRJRJr9781953728098.webp?v=1789193102","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/gravitas-collapsing-empire-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}