Augustus, though careful to preserve the appearance of republican institutions, held ultimate authority, effectively making ...

I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor ...

Life in Ancient Rome may seem glamorous through the lens of historical achievements, but beneath the grandeur was a world ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

When the founders of the United States designed the Constitution, they were learning from history that democracy was likely ...

The establishment of the United States marked the reemergence of the large-scale republican state. In 1787, after the ...

New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins ...

The fear of that often prompts a superficial reference to the final fall of the Roman Republic or the end of Greek democracy ... with separate branches of government providing checks and balances.

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria. The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people ...

Hartford Checks and Balances Fund earns an Average Process Pillar rating. The leading factor in the rating is the fund's impressive long-term risk-adjusted performance. This can be seen in its ten ...