We can gain more insight on our modern problem by turning to ancient Rome for a lesson on how ... to lower the price of grain for poor Romans, rein in the Senate’s influence, and pay for ...

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

The two most powerful people in the senate were the consuls. Every year, the citizens of the Roman Republic voted for who they wanted to be consul. In the early days, Rome was ruled by kings.

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome ... ROMAN PEOPLE, ... FOR THEIR NOTABLE VIRTUES AT HOME AND ABROAD THE SENATE ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient ... Senate feared that, if slaves saw how many of them were working in Rome, they might be tempted to join forces and rebel. Another difference between ...

100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history. Although he did not rule for long, he gave Rome ... government, resettled veterans into new cities, made the Senate ...

JULIA: I’m at a Roman bathhouse ... (Caesar). Ancient Rome has also influenced the legal system of many countries - including Britain - and many countries model their government on Ancient ...

Some of the similarities between ancient Rome at its height and the United States are obvious — from the sheer size of both ...