What the Roman senate’s groveling before emperors explains about GOP senators’ support for Trump Over the past three years, the world depicted by Tacitus, an ancient historian, has seemed much ...

SPQR stands for Senatus Populusque Romanus, which translates to "The Senate and Roman People" or "The Senate and People of Rome." Initially, this acronym was meant to symbolize the ancient Roman ...

The U.S. Senate’s abdication of duty at the start of this Memorial Day weekend, when 11 senators (nine of them Republican) did not even show up to vote on authorizing an investigation of the ...

According to ancient Roman writers, the Roman Republic emerged in 509 B.C., after the last king of Rome was deposed. ... In 44 B.C., the Roman senate named Caesar "dictator for life." ...

The most glaring example, alas, is the senate in the ancient Roman Republic. If it’s been a while since you reached for your Edward Gibbon, save yourself the back strain.

In ancient Rome, Cato the Younger used the filibuster — albeit unsuccessfully — to prevent the Senate from making Julius Caesar dictator. As much as the Founders loved Roman history, the U.S ...

In June of the year 68, the emperor Nero, on learning that the Roman Senate had declared him a public enemy, plunged a dagger into his throat (with the loyal assistance of his private secretary).