Sarah Bond is a professor of classics at the University of Iowa and the author of Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in ...

Since the late 1970s the Nationalist Party has sought as its main ideological beacon Christian Democracy and subsequently established strong links with Italy's Democrazia Cristiana. Over the span of ...

Set in the turbulent early Roman Republic the play follows the glorious rise of Coriolanus, a terrifying war machine on the battlefield.

The collapse of the Roman Republic offers salutary lessons for those who wish to strengthen democracy. We should heed the lessons of history. Cicero denounces Catiline, who sought to overthrow the ...

So, at the death of Gracchus’ client, Roman plebeians originated and spun a rumour that the poor fellow had been poisoned. The rumour was brewed when, laid in state, the remains of Gracchus ...

Prominent pro-plebeian leaders like Tiberius Gracchus (133 BC), Gaius Gracchus (121 BC), and Publius Clodius Pulcher (52 BC) were assassinated, alongside many of their supporters.

Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ sequel joins a long Hollywood lineage, from ‘Ben-Hur’ to ‘Spartacus.’ Here we rank the best gladiator movies by how good they are, and how gladiator-y.

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 representative democracy that ...

To unlock new buildings, you need to level up your city by attracting a certain number of Plebeians and Patricians — and you need them both to keep your city running. To make the Plebeians happy ...

Made from batter or dough cooked between hot plates, waffles are one of the oldest desserts around. Their origin story is a ...