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

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

The origin of tax payment dates back to ancient civilizations, with evidence of taxation found in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. As noted by historian and soc ...

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

The Constitution enshrines checks and balances among the executive, legislative and judicial branches and is nearly impossible to change. Federalism distributes power between the national and ...

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

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft suggested he should have given former head coach Bill Belichick “some checks and balances” during his tenure with the franchise. “Our record the last ...

Edward Watts is a historian at the University of California San Diego and the author of two books on ancient Rome. One, from 2018, is called Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny ...

The search for a lost Roman temple is on. As archaeologists continued to excavate a Roman fort from the first century A.D. in ...

A fresco featuring the bright blue paint of the newly opened room; a scanning electron image of an ancient Roman concrete sample with lime clast, highlighted in red; Dr. Masic inspecting the ...

In 2014, workers building the restaurant on the outskirts of Rome stumbled upon an ancient Roman road. Such finds can usually halt the construction process, but in this case, "McDonald's ...