The New York Times

ROME HAS LOST CONSUL GENERAL; Transfer of Hector de Castro to Zurich Blow to American Colony. ONLY A PLAIN CONSUL Major Reynolds Gets a Fine Furnished House and Ambassador ...

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American Enterprise Institute

Roman Consuls Don’t Look so Bad

So, it may be a sanguine thought this week to consider that it was on New Year’s Day when Rome’s two consuls took their office for the year. Elected annually, and for centuries prohibited from serving ...