An aspiring dictator, fueled by popular resentment, overthrows a failing republic. We've seen this show before ...

From David Potter, Francis W Kelsey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Roman History, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US ...

Roman emperor Augustus understood, just as Donald Trump does, that to stand at the head of a superpower is to stand as an actor upon the great stage of the world.

Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius.

House Republicans have "boxed themselves into a corner" with a government shutdown fast approaching this month, having ...

I was troubled during the second Trump inaugural so few observers were disturbed by the rogue’s gallery of the nation’s ...

At that time, the Senate named Julius Caesar “dictator,” and after he defeated Pompey, he “used his victory in the civil war to take sole control of Rome’s government.” The Republic was ...

Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius.

Fast-forward two millennia and the paintwork has long since faded, giving rise to a range of colourless copycats that would ...

Musk donated at least $250 million to Trump’s campaign, while Bezos and Zuckerberg each pledged $1 million to the ...

Propaganda Kremlin mouthpiece Karen Shakhnazarov praised Putin for his 'intrigues' and shrewd politcking, before laughing at ...