Dmitrii Voloshin

In the center of the authors' attention is the small work “Imperium Romanum”, written by the famous German researcher, Helmut Berveno . According to the content of this pamphlet the problem of the Roman Empire fall and the role of the ancient Germans in this process are shown as the general paradigm of German-Italian convergence in the beginning of 40s of the ХХ century.

Implementation of the Roman imperial project is presented as a set of historical lessons and historical experience, in-demand at the moment in the first place. In the spotlight put options that allow modern scholars to draw parallels and suggest a structural similarity of the processes and challenges faced at the time the Roman state - in the field of socio-economic, political, ideological, etc.