What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?
In the first century BC, Rome was a republic. Power lay in the hands of the Senate, elected by Roman citizens. But the senators were fighting for power between themselves. Order had given way to ...
The Roman Senate started life as an ... ‘latus clavus’ – the purple striped toga. In 27 BC, Augustus claimed he had restored the republic. In truth, Rome was governed by a dynastic monarchy ...
A trove of 27 silver Roman coins, dating back to the 1st century BC, has been unearthed during ... shaped the Mediterranean during the Roman Republic. In recent years, the Sicilian government ...