LIX, BCE. The Roman LIX translates into 59 in Arabic, soon to proclaimed “American Numerals” by Trumpius Maximus, newly ...
But it was the Romans who developed a working model of checks and balances. The constitution of the Roman republic was ...
The most famous martyr of the Roman republic -- Marcus Tullius Cicero-- used gladiators' physiques not to celebrate the republic's valiant heroes, but to deride their bloated muscles as the ...