President Biden is at Camp David, preparing for the first 2024 presidential debate. Philippe Reines, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, is no stranger to the process as he played Donald ...

An Overview of the Roman Senate. The Roman Republic emerged in 509 B.C.E. following the expulsion of its long-standing monarchy. Critical to the Republic’s foundation was an emphasis on forming ...

The Roman senate declined from a long-held position of authority under the Roman Republic to become almost wholly reliant on the whims of a given emperor, writes a classics scholar.

The Roman Senate started life as an advisory council, filled entirely with patricians. In the last two centuries of the republic, however, it had become much more powerful and a major player in ...

When Augustus died in his bed at a ripe old age, the Roman Senate made him a god. This seems an honor that even the most sycophantic U.S. senators would be unlikely to suggest for our president.

In June of the year 68, the emperor Nero, on learning that the Roman Senate had declared him a public enemy, plunged a dagger into his throat (with the loyal assistance of his private secretary).