The Fall of the Roman Republic. By Mary Beard Last updated 2011-03-29. ... At the end of the second century BC the Roman people was sovereign. True, rich aristocrats dominated politics.

It was meant to define the republic’s constitution, emphasizing a balance of power between the Senate and the Roman people. Over time, however, the meaning of SPQR has changed.

The Roman Republic flourished for nearly 500 years, ... Roman senators killed tribunes of the people after they pressed for land reform or the distribution of free food to Rome's poor, ...

What the Roman story shows is that in a republic that’s old, where people have a lot of faith in that republican system, people like Donald Trump pop up every generation or so when things reach ...

The Roman Republic lasted nearly 500 years, about twice as long as Americans have had theirs. As was surely true for the Romans, ... Augustus certainly had a lot of people killed.

An Overview of the Roman Senate. The Roman Republic emerged in 509 B.C.E. following the expulsion of its long-standing monarchy. Critical to the Republic’s foundation was an emphasis on forming ...

In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. Buy Now ...

Julius Caesar, who brought the republic to an end, walked a path to power paved by charisma and military accomplishments—and his mastery of Roman campaign-finance practices.

The founders crafted our Constitution to reflect the balanced constitution of the Roman Republic, but they also understood, with the Romans, that patriotism must vitalize every constitution ...

The Roman Republic lasted nearly 500 years, about twice as long as Americans have had theirs. As was surely true for the Romans, ... Augustus certainly had a lot of people killed.