Venice transformed from a modest refuge into a dominant Mediterranean power. Despite various crises and encircling ...

This is a Short History of the Roman Republic. Written by Kate Simants. With thanks to Dr. David Gwynn, Professor of Roman History at Royal Holloway University.

Jannik Sinner, the two-time Australian Open champion, will not be present tomorrow at the Quirinale to celebrate with the ...

What did it mean to be an emperor in ancient Rome? That is the question that Mary Beard sought to answer in her 2023 book, “Emperor of Rome.” She wrote, “Everyone then, including emperors, was ...

President Biden warned America that an oligarchy is forming in Washington DC and that it threatens our republic. Turns out, ...

With Donald Trump’s inauguration as president on Monday, we contemplate the impact his administration could have on our democracy. Historians Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Timothy Snyder have drawn from ...

When Elon Musk performed a gesture that many saw as a fascist gesture, his supporters claimed it was a Roman salute. So ...

Non-Western intellectuals and strategists have often wrongly equated domestic dysfunction and division in US democracy with ...

Researchers analyzed ice core records for an approximately thousand-year period corresponding roughly with the period from the Roman Republic through the decline of the empire, focusing on the two ...