German author and poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe once said about Rome, “Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome.” The city has a complex and rich history behind it. Once the capital of a sprawling ...

The "Fall of Rome" usually refers to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D. But historians don't agree about the exact date, nor about its causes. And some historians argue ...

As the upcoming American presidential election begins to play out, it is impossible to ignore the uncanny parallels between the United States and the fall of the Roman Republic. Are we seeing today a ...

Invading armies can topple a state, but republics are often undone from within—by the neglect of those sworn to their care. Rome, with its Senate, vast provinces, and ideals of civic virtue, offers a ...

A brief history expose on the history of ancient Rome! This edition of History In A Nutshell travels back to antiquity; to some of the earliest days of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome! This expose ...

Special prosecutors’ investigations of Joe Biden and Donald Trump do not mark the first time political tensions spilled into the justice system. On Jan. 10, 49 B.C., Julius Caesar marched across the ...

The Fall of the Republic: A Novella of Ancient Rome based on Actual Events, by Scott Savitz. Washington, D.C.: Privately published, 2020. Pp. 130. Personae, sources, author’s note. $6.13 paper, ISBN ...

Mike Duncan knows how empires fall. He's covered histories most defining collapses, upheavals, and regime changes through the Revolutions and History of Rome podcasts - the latter being a 179 episode, ...

History punishes those who refuse to learn from it. The parallels between the fall of the Roman Empire and the direction of the United States today are no longer academic — they are visible and ...

This edition of History In A Nutshell travels back to antiquity; to some of the earliest days of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome! This expose briefly covers the rise and fall of Rome, including: ...