A Roman re-enactor posted a reel on Instagram that posed this challenge: “Ladies, many of you do not realize how often men think about the Roman Empire,” going on to urge women to ask their husbands, ...

The city-state of Rome, said to have been founded by Romulus in 753 BC, transitioned to a republic in 509 BC after expelling ...

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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 ...

The decline and fall of the Roman Republic has been a prominent theme of discussion for 2,000 years. The reasons given for its demise are practically as numerous as the years that have followed it.

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Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15) in 44BC and a bloody civil war followed. This brought down the Roman republic and replaced it with a monarchy led by Caesar’s nephew ...