De stad Rome begon als een verzameling dorpjes op verschillende heuvels nabij de rivier de Tiber. Het leven was er noch erg comfortabel, noch erg veilig. Oorlog lag altijd op de loer. Naburige stammen en volkeren waren jaloers op Rome vanwege haar gunstige ligging aan de Tiber, van waaruit ze…
Modern western democracies have a strict separation of military and civil offices, but this was not the case in the Roman Republic (ca. 509-27 BCE). It was not until the third century CE, during the Imperial era, that such a separation was introduced. During the Republican era, politicians were also…
Rome began as a collection of villages on several hills near the river Tiber. Life there was neither comfortable, nor safe. War was always looming. Neighbouring tribes and cultures envied Rome for its favourable position on the Tiber, from which it controlled the salt trade in Central Italy. Rome itself…