Rome, with a population of around 75 million, had an average income equivalent to about 2.25 times the subsistence minimum — ...

The ascendant right wing loves ancient Rome. Its adherents love its glories ... with the claim that he was fixing a dissipated political system. The most successful player of this game was ...

The fall of the Roman Empire could have been avoided if they embraced real reform. It’s a message that rings true in our ...

By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social structure of ancient ... involved a system of patronage.

However, it can also be simply read as a valuable sourcebook about ancient Rome and its political situation at that pivotal moment. Mulligan begins by weaving a story about an ancient Roman who visits ...