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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Marcus Tullius Cicero used gladiators’ physiques not to celebrate the republic’s valiant heroes, but to deride their bloated muscles as the embodiment of amoral tyranny. But I’m most interested in how ...