The Roman Republic fell roughly 2,000 years ago — the culmination of a series of events including Julius Caesar’s ...

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 ...

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

The Battle of Pistoria (62 BC) marked the climax of the Catilinarian Conspiracy, an uprising that threatened the Roman ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Victor Davis Hanson compares America's current historical moment to the period surrounding the life of Christ, when the Roman Republic transformed into the Roman Empire, during an interview with ...

The Battle of Pistoria (62 BC) marked the climax of the Catilinarian Conspiracy, an uprising that threatened the Roman ...