According to ancient Roman writers, the Roman Republic emerged in 509 B.C., after the last king of Rome was deposed. Modern-day historians often consider the official end of the Roman Republic to ...

The Fall of the Roman Republic. By Mary Beard Last updated 2011-03-29. In the space of a hundred years, ... Rome in the Late Republic by M Beard and M Crawford, (2nd ed, Duckworth, 1999) ...

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 ...

A timeline of events in the Roman Republic and Egyptian Ptolemaic Kingdom around the time of the Okmok eruption. Image courtesy of the Desert Research Institute.

Like the Roman republic, the US is now the policeman of the western world. Its armed forces are unstoppable, its influence is everywhere and just like the Romans, it got there by mistake.

Polybius, a Greek who saw Rome’s republic conquer the world, believed those statesmen and citizens who knew Roman history could shape the future with wisdom and justice.

The ultimate lesson of the Roman Republic’s fate is that once you’ve allowed one man to rule as a monarch, even if you pretend he doesn’t, you are past the point of no return.

The Fall of the Roman Republic. By Mary Beard Last updated 2011-03-29. In the space of a hundred years, ... Rome in the Late Republic by M Beard and M Crawford, (2nd ed, Duckworth, 1999) ...