There was little doubt the Senate would pass the $14.3 billion state budget, but that didn't mean the final debate was ...

The history of Rome is one of the most fascinating stories of power, innovation, and transformation. From its humble beginnings as a small kingdom, Rome grew to become a dominant force that influenced ...

As a disturbing symbol of the extreme disrespect being shown Latinos in California, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif. — a mild ...

Bills related to sexual abuse cases, expungement, payday lenders and auto-body shops are on the agenda at the RI State House.

No kings’ would effectively be the watchword through the Roman republic’s entire history. ‘Rex’ was a word the Romans hated.

Thanks to the Senate that enabled him, Augustus—and every Roman emperor who followed—was a brutal dictator. Some might argue that the empire that rose from the ashes of the republic brought ...

The United States, too, may endure as a great power for centuries to come. 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 ...

Sulla declared he did everything to protect the Roman Republic and expand its glory ... Sulla was declared dictator by a compliant Senate he filled with lackeys. A law was passed granting him ...

anyway—exchanged sharp words in the Roman senate. Catiline, on the other hand, “trained” his superhuman physical hardiness to inflict “insult” and “wickedness” on the republic ...

Before Caesar ruled the Roman Republic, this expansive stretch of territory was a democracy governed by a Senate and several high-ranking elected officials. While this early form of Roman ...

It is the collapse of the Roman Republic, which developed over some four centuries and disappeared almost suddenly when the Senate granted Octavian extraordinary powers in 27 BCE – he renamed ...