I n about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic was ...

In the first century BC, Rome was a republic. Power lay in the hands of the Senate, elected by Roman citizens. But the senators were fighting for power between themselves. Order had given way to ...

That is why considering what undid the Roman Republic is useful today—if we can learn from the Romans’ mistakes. Augustus was Rome’s first emperor. In so becoming, he dismantled the republic ...