In the space of a hundred years, Rome was transformed from a republic with democratic institutions ... At the end of the second century BC the Roman people was sovereign. True, rich aristocrats ...

A hoard of 13 silver coins found in a field was probably lost in the wake of the Roman invasion of Britain in AD43, according ...

Discover how Rome transitioned from a Republic to an Empire in this detailed exploration of its history from 27 BC to 14 AD. Learn about the rise of Augustus, the transformation of Roman politics, and ...

The assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC triggered a power struggle that ultimately ended the Roman Republic, leading to the powerful rise of the Roman Empire, which helped shape the modern world.

Two thousand years ago, on August 19, 14 AD, Caesar Augustus died. He was Rome’s first emperor, having won a civil war more than 40 years earlier that transformed the dysfunctional Roman ...

The Roman Republic also provided an important caution. While it had been extraordinarily successful, the Founders also knew that Rome degenerated into autocracy in the first century BC.

However debatable, it could equally be applied to the Roman republic. By 146 BC, the Romans found themselves the undisputed masters of the Mediterranean world. But they had achieved this without ...

"It was very clear the source of the 43 BC fallout in the ice was the Okmok II eruption." The eruption wasn't all bad news for the Roman Republic though. Julius Caesar's murder also resulted in 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 ...

But the 500 years of the ancient Roman Republic (from 509 BC to 27 BC) also has a lot in common with the modern democratic system. The consul — the highest elected public official of the republic — ...

In the space of a hundred years, Rome was transformed from a republic with democratic institutions ... At the end of the second century BC the Roman people was sovereign. True, rich aristocrats ...