Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including the Forum of Peace in Rome, dedicated by Emperor Vespasian; the Library of ...

The checks and balances that hold a functioning democracy together may be coming under threat in the United States ...

But it was the Romans who developed a working model of checks and balances. The constitution of the Roman republic was ...

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