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What Does SPQR Mean? The History Of The Ancient Roman Acronym
SPQR stands for Senatus Populusque Romanus, which translates to "The Senate and Roman People" or "The Senate and People of ...
The Roman Way to Trash a Republic
When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.
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The Neverending Empire: The Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome
HarperCollins, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-0-00-870042-3 More than any other ancient ... argues that Rome is the main source of today’s political ideas (“liberty,” “dictator,” “citizen ...
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Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
He came. He saw. He conquered. The tale of an ambitious power-grab that turned to tyranny. How Julius Caesar dismantled five centuries of ancient Roman democracy in just 16 years.
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Carthaginians, Ancient Rome’s Infamous Enemies, Are Not Exactly Who Scholars Thought They Were, Ancestry Study Suggests
DNA reveals that the people of Carthage, a powerful independent colony founded by the Phoenicians, had little genetic ...
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Relief sculpture of Cleopatra at the Temple of Hathor, Dandara, Egypt
Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the biggest prize in the ancient world – her ... was named dictator of Rome. Cleopatra followed, bringing along her ...
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How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide.
Tax dodging is as old as taxation itself, but these particular offenses were considered so serious under Roman law that penalties ... According to the ancient notes, the tax-evasion scheme ...