Donald Trump’s destruction of America’s 249-year-old constitutional republic and civic culture follows a historically familiar pattern that includes two especially striking precedents — one ancient, ...

Rome. 29 B.C.E. The Republic has fallen, and Roman politics are a real hot mess. Octavius Caesar — soon to be known as Augustus — has seized control of the empire, after chasing down the senators who ...

Many of us learn about the history and politics of ancient Rome in high school, but few of us continue caring about the iconic city after we leave the classroom. But for Mark Zuckerberg, billionaire ...

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