Ancient Rome’s reputation for bad emperors partly rests on hostile sources written after the fact – and Domitian may be the clearest case of how politics shaped historical memory ...

A fresco by Cesare Maccari (1840-1919) depicts Cicero speaking in the Roman Senate. (Public domain image via Wikimedia Commons) On April 8, 52 BCE, Cicero rose to give a speech in the Roman Forum ...

The Roman Senate during the Monarchy (circa 753–509 BCE) played a crucial role in the governance of early Rome, though its function and power were different from its later role in the Republic.

On April 8, 52 BCE, Cicero rose to give a speech in the Roman Forum defending Titus Annius Milo, a prominent politician accused of murdering his political rival, Publius Clodius Pulcher. I have turned ...