Cato speaking. Illustration from the end of the 19th century. The story of the fall of the Roman republic involves dysfunctional government, political selfishness, and constitutional collapse, played ...

Peter Edwell receives funding from the Australian Research Council. A proposed one dollar coin featuring US President Donald Trump is causing ructions across the political divide. It’s also provoking ...

Before Caesar ruled the Roman Republic, this expansive stretch of territory was a democracy governed by a Senate and several high-ranking elected officials. While this early form of Roman government ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. In about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic ...