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Empires don’t collapse at their weakest point — they collapse after their strongest.

Across history, the pattern repeats with disturbing precision. Civilizations rise through discipline, scarcity, and expansion. Wealth accumulates. Power stabilizes. Then something shifts. Success breeds excess. Efficiency gives way to comfort. Investment turns into extraction. And decline quietly begins.

This documentary explores the economic law behind imperial collapse — the moment after the golden age. From ancient powers like the Roman Empire to global giants like the British Empire, history shows the same sequence: peak wealth leads to overextension, stagnation, and eventual breakdown.

We examine how prosperity changes incentives, how elites detach from productivity, how debt and bureaucracy replace innovation, and why empires become fragile precisely when they appear most secure. Collapse isn’t sudden — it’s the final stage of a long economic shift that begins at the peak.

This isn’t just a story about the past. It’s a framework for understanding why no empire escapes decline, why golden ages are always temporary, and why history keeps repeating itself under new names.

Empires fall after victory.
Because success changes everything.

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