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Money makes the world go ‘round… until it doesn’t.

From the financial districts of ancient Rome to the stock exchanges of London and the skyscrapers of Wall Street, history has been shaped—again and again—by catastrophic banking failures. When credit dries up, confidence crumbles, and fortunes vanish overnight, the same question always follows: How did we let this happen?

In today’s episode of Rearview Mirror Chronicles, we’re diving deep into three of history’s most infamous financial meltdowns—a Roman liquidity crisis in 33 AD that sent senators scrambling, the speculative mania of the South Sea Bubble in 1720 that left thousands in ruin, and the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008, which triggered the worst global recession since the Great Depression.

But history isn’t just about looking back—it’s about learning. What can these disasters teach us? And more importantly, how can we avoid repeating them?

Buckle up. The financial rollercoaster is about to begin.