For over a thousand years, the Roman Senate stood at the center of Roman political life. Even after the emperors replaced the ...
The Roman Republic fell roughly 2,000 years ago — the culmination of a series of events including Julius Caesar's assassination 2,069 years ago today. Yet the republic's ruin still influences how we ...
Ancient Roman political leaders could be violent and cruel. Some had odd tastes and were out of touch. Others had wildly eccentric habits that might seem amusing today. But eccentric behaviour ...