The End of Glory

When the Roman Empire was at its peak, it stretched over vast parts of Europe, a significant portion of Asia and much of coastal North Africa. The Romans built many buildings, roads and bridges. Some of the bridges they made were so solid that they are still standing today, some two thousand years later, in Spain. Such was the power and influence of the ancient Romans that even today Roman Law is the basis of European law. 

But then, despite all its glories, the Roman Empire one day came to an end. And now its glories are to be found only in the form of architectural ruins or as texts that grace the shelves of libraries.

If people ponder on phenomena such as this and draw lessons from them, they will realize the folly of being proud. They will realize that one day, death puts an end to all the supposed glories of the world.