Women secured critical progress in the Roman republic. Their rights were rolled back with the republic's collapse.

In about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic was transformed into a dictatorship. If you had told a Roman senator at the beginning of ...

One of the things I never wrapped my head around was how the Roman Republic managed to conquer the mighty city-states and kingdoms of Classical Greece... All the more reason to create a video about it ...

Julius Caesar and Pompey’s rivalry charted the Roman Republic’s shift to an empire—from the First Triumvirate to the Rubicon ...

Dr. Edward Watts is a professor of history at the University of California at San Diego. He earned his Ph.D. from Yale and is the author of five books, most recently, Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell ...

What led to the demise of the Roman Republic? Experts now believe that the eruption of a remote Alaskan volcano may be partly to blame. The Okmok volcano erupted early in the year 43 BC, spewing ...

A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...

Total War: Rome 2, the upcoming strategy game from The Creative Assembly, will feature a variety of playable historical factions including Rome, publisher Sega announced today. With a world map ...