The history of the Roman Republic has no shortage of dramatic figures and events, and yet the story of Cato the Younger (Cato Minor)...

Tomorrow we celebrate the 4th of July, in the United States, and the Declaration of Independence from the tyranny of King George in AD...

Marius and Sulla tore at the fabric of the Roman republic with their personal ambitions which led to civil wars for the Roman Republic in...

With this post, I return to the Roman Republic, with a coin from Lucius Cornelius Sulla. This denarius is from Sulla's dictatorship,...

"Whenever you desire to cheer yourself, think upon the merits of those who are alive with you; the energy of one, for instance, the...

The coin I write about today starts with a symbol that take on new meaning as we move from this mosaic in the Trident House in Delos,...

On 21-Feb-1787, The provisional government of the United States, established under the Articles of Confederation, agreed to a resolution...

On July 4th, 1776 the Continental Congress "...in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and...