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February 8, 2017 Leave a Comment

Tribunes Added to Rome’s Government

Today's installment concludes Romans Establish Republicour selection from A History of Rome by Henry George Liddell published in 1855. For works

February 6, 2017 Leave a Comment

Debtor Laws Cause Change

Thus the free plebeian population might have been reduced to a state of mere dependency, and the history of Rome might have presented a repetition of

February 5, 2017 Leave a Comment

Roman Plebeians Assert Their Power

There can be no doubt that the wars that followed the expulsion of the Tarquins, with the loss of territory that accompanied them, must have reduced

February 1, 2017 Leave a Comment

Latin Cities War Against Rome

King Tarquin himself, old as he was, rode in front of the Latins in full armor; and when he descried the Roman dictator marshalling his men, he rode

January 30, 2017 Leave a Comment

The First Roman Consuls

The temple on the Capitol which King Tarquin began had never yet been consecrated. Then Valerius and Horatius drew lots which should be the

January 29, 2017 Leave a Comment

Romans Organize Government

The new consuls filled up the senate to the proper number of three hundred; and the new senators were called "Conscripti," while the old members

January 25, 2017 Leave a Comment

Romans Revolt Against King

But it chanced that Sextus, the king's son, when he saw the fair Lucretia, was smitten with lustful passion; and a few days after he came again to

January 23, 2017 Leave a Comment

Romans Establish Republic

This series has eight easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The King of Rome Builds His Temple.IntroductionHow the ancient Kingdom

April 13, 2015 Leave a Comment

Thus Dies Antony and Cleopatra

Cleopatra was an extraordinary person. At her death she was but thirty-eight years of age. Her power rested not so much on actual beauty as on her

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