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 ...

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.

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) ...