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Metal detectorist finds huge coin hoard — at least 1,500 years old — in Romania
The ancient silver coins feature the images of 11 Roman emperors and empresses, including Nero and Marcus Aurelius.
What the ancient world can teach us about death
In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...
The Roman Way to Trash a Republic
When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.
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Checks, balances essential in a republic
It addressed the worst fear of the new nation at that time (becoming another monarchy) by requiring three branches of government, and a system of checks and balances so that no one branch could ...
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House approves act that limits judges’ checks-and-balances rights to slow the Trump agenda
He also offered Wisconsin voters the chance to win $1 million checks for backing a petition against “activist judges,” in the context of the state’s recent Supreme Court race. In addition to ...
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Tariffs and the need for checks and balances
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced his decision to pause most of the tariffs he announced on “Liberation Day,” for a period of 90 days. This came after substantial losses in the ...
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Tariffs and the need for checks and balances
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced his decision to pause most of the tariffs he announced on “Liberation Day,” for a period of 90 days. This came after substantial losses in the stock ...