Tag: Rome
Senators Used to Be Giants. Now They’re Trolls
Senators don’t wear togas anymore. They don’t glide towards the forum clutching six yards of white fabric rimmed in blood-red, but they are inheritors of the Roman legacy. They still […]
Rome Is Burning. Joe Biden Is Fiddling. Can We Survive the Assault?
A catastrophic fire broke out in Rome in 64 CE. As the legend goes, Nero Caesar was too consumed with fiddling while massive swathes of the city were destroyed. Some […]
The Entire History of Ancient Rome in 1130 Words
Rome captured the popular imagination of the Western World almost immediately after it ceased to exist. The (Western) Roman Empire fell in 476 CE. Almost immediately after, Westerners were attempting […]
Roman History is Black History
The Roman Republic fell apart in 44 BCE. The Roman Empire (the part that spoke Latin) fell apart in 476 CE. However, it lives on in the minds of nerds, […]
Political Violence Killed Rome
Shine, Perishing Republic Part I: Political Violence Killed Rome and Could Kill America On January 6, 2021, a right-wing mob invaded the US Capitol. They erected a hanging gallows, some […]
On Halloween Day in Ancient History — The Last Roman Emperor
When we think of the Roman Empire, we’re usually thinking of what historians call the Western Roman Empire. In 395 CE, the Roman Empire split into the Western and Eastern […]
On This Day in Ancient History – September 29, 106 BCE – Pompey The Great Was Born
Before Rome was an empire, it was a republic. The republic did not die of natural causes; it was murdered. Before the time of emperors, laws were passed by the […]