No kings’ would effectively be the watchword through the Roman republic’s entire history. ‘Rex’ was a word the Romans hated.

We've asked ancient historian and archaeologist Dr. Simon Elliott to answer the most googled questions about the roman empire. 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - When was the Roman Republic? 01:22 - Who ruled the ...

Edward Watts is a historian at the University of California San Diego and the author of two books on ancient Rome. One, from 2018, is called Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny ...

The Framers of our Constitution drew on ancient Greek and Roman history when they established our republic and sought to protect it from the inevitable threat of dictatorship. When they discussed ...

Estimated to realize between $301,850 and $494,450, the sale far exceeded expectations, totaling an impressive ...

How do prosperous, seemingly stable governments fall into authoritarianism? With Donald Trump’s inauguration as president on Monday, we contemplate the impact his administration could have on ...

Marcus Tullius Cicero used gladiators’ physiques not to celebrate the republic’s valiant heroes, but to deride their bloated muscles as the embodiment of amoral tyranny. But I’m most ...

(8 things people get wrong about ancient Rome.) While the triumphal arches of the republican era were short-lived wooden structures, the commemorative arches of the empire, made from stone and ...