Along with excessive military expenditure(so you can't invest in other crucial fields. USSR, for example? Other empires too, and of course, Europe as a whole. Is USA heading this way as well? They are spending ENORMOUS amount on arms..like TWICE the amount of other top nations COMBINED..the REAL reason of USA's hegemon maybe?...).
Division.
Peloponnesian War.
Italy city states.
To think of it, football is PERFECT for a country like Italy, whose geography is not really conducive to a unified state(The Allies learned it the hard way when they followed Churchill's 'soft underbelly' advice and invaded Italy).
And France also, the 3rd Republic. Republican/Monarchist, Catholic/Republican, Military-Dreyfuss affair..SO many fissure points. No wonder they lost to Nazi Germany.
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