The End of Empire: What the US can learn from the fall of Rome
Publisher: The Guardian
Author: Steven Guess
As America's global influence wanes, it can either learn from the Roman empire's mistakes or suffer the same fate
The New Cicero
Publisher: the Guardian
Author: Charlotte Higgins
Barack Obama's speeches are much admired and endlessly analysed, but, says Charlotte Higgins, one of their most interesting aspects is the enormous debt they owe to the oratory of the Romans.
Cave May Hold Secrets to Legend of Ancient Rome
Publisher: The New York Times
Author: Peter Kiefer
Italy has released the first images of a deep cavern where some archaeologists believe ancient Romans honored Romulus and Remus — the legendary founders of Rome.
The Passion of Latin Lovers
Publisher: The Washington Post
Author: Catherine Price
It's a beautiful afternoon, but Michael Velchik, a rising senior at St. Albans School in Washington, isn't outside enjoying the sun. Instead, he's sitting in a basement classroom at the University of Tennessee with a buzzer in one hand, resting his cheek on his desk as he and four other high school students answer questions about Latin.
As the Romans Did
Publisher: The Atlantic
Author: Gina Hahn
Cullen Murphy, the author of Are We Rome?, talks about the American empire's parallels with the ancient republic and how we can learn from the caesars' mistakes.
What A Terrorist Incident in Ancient Rome Can Teach Us - Pirates of the Mediterranean
Publisher: The New York Times
Author: Robert Harris
In the panicky aftermath of a daring terrorist attack in 68 B.C., the Roman people made decisions that set them on the path to the destruction of their Constitution. One cannot help wondering if history is repeating itself.
Lion kings: Capturing the beasts for the Colosseum
Publisher: The Guardian
Author: Rory Carroll
An examination of the culture surrounding wild beasts in Ancient Rome.
Roman Africa
Publisher: The Atlantic
Author: Robert D. Kaplan
The economic and political fault lines that separated Carthage and Numidia are the ones that separate Tunisia and Algeria—and the Romans drew them
Champagne flowed in ancient Rome
Publisher: the Guardian
Author: Philip Willan
They came, they saw, they quaffed champagne. One of France's most prized treasures, the original bubbly, is not original at all, according to one of the world's leading experts on the biochemistry of wines.
Historians Give Romans Better Marks In Democracy
Publisher: The New York Times
Author: Paul Lewis
Conventional view that Roman republic was corrupt oligarchy ruled by rich and decadent aristocracy is challenged by scholars who argue that it was an imperfect but still recognizable democracy, that political office was less controlled by aristocracy than has been assumed and that, in some ways, Rome had even more in common with modern notions of democracy than Athens did; Fergus Millar, Oxford historian and author of just-published The Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic, comments; drawing depicts assassination of Julius Caesar (L)