{"product_id":"gravitas-collapsing-empire-9781953728098","title":"Gravitas: Collapsing Empire","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Full Court Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953728098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Barry Sheinkopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52679606534325,"sku":"9781953728098","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gravitas-collapsing-empire-9781953728098","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}