As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

The history of Rome is one of the most fascinating stories of power, innovation, and transformation. From its humble ...

And yes, even the Prince of the Covenant would have to flee before forces under Augustus’s Roman rule. You will recall from Bible history how the entire town of Bethlehem lost every male child from ...

To be sure, Italy and its Mediterranean neighbors did enjoy a certain form of peace after the Roman Republic transitioned into an empire under Augustus. And Rome, as the empire’s capital city, ...

The ultimate lesson of the Roman Republic’s fate is that once you’ve allowed one man to rule as a monarch, even if you pretend he doesn’t, you are past the point of no return.

When Augustus died in his bed at a ripe old age, the Roman Senate made him a god. This seems an honor that even the most sycophantic U.S. senators would be unlikely to suggest for our president.

At first, the Senate let Augustus bend rules and push boundaries. It allowed him to accumulate domestic powers and bring unqualified members of his family into government. The Senate stood by while ...

Mr. Bannon, influenced by Edward Gibbon’s 18th-century opus, “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” came to a different conclusion.

This marble statue, known as “Augustus of Prima Porta,” depicts Emperor Augustus in a commanding stance, wearing detailed military armor. Credit: Steven Zucker, courtesy of smarthistory.org, licensed ...

The new regime in Washington now has a taste for something that's very old: a global empire, the way ancient Rome aspired to have. U.S. President Donald Trump has talked of expanding America's ...