The story of the fall of the Roman republic involves dysfunctional government, political selfishness, and constitutional collapse, played by the usual actors in togas, famously among them Cicero and ...

Hardly more than 20 years ago, HBO took a gamble on its first foray into epic television. The series that resulted, burned brilliant and bright. And briefly, as the gargantuan portrait of how a ...

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 ...

As the upcoming American presidential election begins to play out, it is impossible to ignore the uncanny parallels between the United States and the fall of the Roman Republic. Are we seeing today a ...

The Torre Argentina site features a walkway through the four Republican temples dating between the 4th and 1st centuries B.C., among the city's oldest. (Photo by Stefano Montesi) History buffs and ...

Caesar is a middle-ranking Senator, but with an eye on the top job: the Consulship. Julius Caesar is a middle-ranking Senator in the Roman Republic. Most countries of the time are ruled by Kings, but ...

Dive into the political world of the Roman Republic, a complex system blending oligarchy, monarchy, and democracy. Discover how wealthy aristocratic families competed for power through a structured ...

Roman Philosophy Machiavelli’s Roman Empire Sam Spound explains why the author of The Prince thought about Rome so much. In ...

Julius Caesar, an accomplished military general and cunning politician, is perhaps remembered as one of the most consequential figures who rose to power during the Roman Republic – and led to its ...

QUAINT old Dr. Popkin, Greek professor at Harvard in the last generation, was always sighing after the time when he should retire from active service and “ read the authors.” Such is always the ...

Cicero composed one of the epigrams by which he is known today as part of his legal defense, in 52 B.C., of a man named Milo: Silent enim leges inter arma, or “The laws are silent amid weaponry.” Milo ...

The assassination of Julius Caesar (100 - 44 BC) at the Senate in Rome, 15th March 44 BC. The assassination of Julius Caesar (100 - 44 BC) at the Senate in Rome, 15th March 44 BC.Archive Photos/Getty ...