Compared with today’s New Rome, the consuls of the Roman Republic don’t look so bad.

In theory, the Roman Republic was designed to represent both wealthy and poor citizens, but the reality was quite different.

The system obviously didn’t work perfectly. Most of those running for consuls in the late Republic did so in order to get lucrative military commands in the post-consular year.

Consul During normal periods of government, the Roman Republic operated by a two-consul rule system where two politicians were elected by legislative assemblies.

The highest elected public positions in the Roman Republic, the consuls served one-year terms and were elected each year by the Centuriate Assembly.

Blood and betrayal turned Rome from republic to empire Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Mark Antony, and Octavian transformed Rome 2,000 years ago through military might, power plays, and political intrigue.

But the 500 years of the ancient Roman Republic (from 509 BC to 27 BC) also has a lot in common with the modern democratic system. The consul — the highest elected public official of the republic — ...

Julius Caesar, an accomplished military general and cunning politician, is perhaps remembered as one of the most consequential figures who rose to power during the Roman Republic – and led to ...

The society, in turn, was named for Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a hero of the Roman Republic in the fifth century B.C. who was a model of civic responsibility by relinquishing his role as ...

Archaeologists have just uncovered an ancient city that the Roman army so thoroughly besieged that it was left uninhabited for nearly 200 years. Researchers from the Leibniz Center for Archaeology ...

The society, in turn, was named for Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a hero of the Roman Republic in the fifth century B.C. who was a model of civic responsibility by relinquishing his role as ...