From Republic to Empire: Rome and the United States

There has always been a fascination with Rome among those who study American politics. The first self-described republic to have come down to us through the historical record, many writings of the Roman period have survived and paint a vivid picture of the social, political, and economic forces that gradually transformed Rome from Republic to Empire. Acutely aware of these writings, the Founders of the American experiment tried to set up a system that would not fall prone to the same ills t...