A recent study by historian Connor Beattie, published in the Journal of Ancient History, reveals a little-known but crucial ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

Religious leaders demanding "moral" budget, arrested while praying outside Capitol, as Senate considers mega-bill ...

Sure, you’d expect the best Roman games to feature a great deal of military might, after all war is what forged the Imperium ...

The Roman Republic was originally a system of shared political authority. The Senate, the people and elected magistrates shared power. But in the first century BC, powerful and charismatic figures ...

When Augustus died in his bed at a ripe old age, the Roman Senate made him a god. This seems an honor that even the most sycophantic U.S. senators would be unlikely to suggest for our president.

The ultimate lesson of the Roman Republic’s fate is that once you’ve allowed one man to rule as a monarch, even if you pretend he doesn’t, you are past the point of no return.

The United States, too, may endure as a great power for centuries to come. The ultimate lesson of the Roman Republic’s fate is that once you’ve allowed one man to rule as a monarch, even if you ...

Venice’s origins, according to tradition, trace back to 421 AD, when Roman refugees fleeing invasions in northern Italy established self-governed settlements in the Venetian Lagoon. The Rialto ...

Rank did not matter: 90 senators, 15 of them who had been consuls (the Republic’s CEOs), were targeted. Sulla declared he did everything to protect the Roman Republic and expand its glory.

The real defenders of Roman values—according to Cicero, anyway—exchanged sharp words in the Roman senate. Catiline, on the other hand, “trained” his superhuman physical hardiness to ...

An Overview of the Roman Senate The Roman Republic emerged in 509 B.C.E. following the expulsion of its long-standing monarchy.