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In theory, the Roman Republic was designed to represent both wealthy and poor citizens, but the reality was quite different. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Yet ultimate power lay with the Roman people. Mass assemblies elected the magistrates, made the laws and took major state decisions. Rome prided itself on being a 'free republic' and centuries ...

A HUGE volcanic eruption in Alaska may have resulted in the fall of the Roman Republic. Scientists think a volcanic event 2,500 years ago triggered a global climate shock that led to widespread ...

Leaders like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison read the historian Polybius, who laid out one of the clearest descriptions of the Roman Republic’s constitution, where representatives of various ...

The Fall of the Roman republic, however, may cast more light on our age. To walk around the federal part of Washington, D.C., is to attain constant glimpses of ancient Rome. The physical seat of ...

A volcanic eruption in Alaska triggered climate change that may have hastened the end of the Roman Republic, leading to the rise of the Roman Empire, a new study finds. During 43 B.C. and 42 B.C ...

This was the question Duncan wanted to examine in his new book, The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic. To learn more about the events that preceded the fall of ...

Welcome to the conference 'Legacies of the Roman Republic: Law, text, and Spaces, 18-19 January 2024. Below you will find practical information and the programme of the conference. Administrative ...

Tim Elliott is an ancient historian researching populist politics in the Roman Republic. Follow him @TimMaxElliott. Today, Americans will choose between two radically different paths: a populist ...