“When they make a wasteland, they call it ‘peace,‘” wrote the Roman historian Tacitus, in a turn of phrase that a classics scholar says has been relevant for centuries – including right now.
- Professor of Classics and the Director of Peace and Conflict Studies, College of the Holy Cross
President Trump’s impeachment defense that the will of the president is no different from the will of the state and the good of the people has echoes in the decline of ancient Rome’s democracy.
The Roman senate declined from a long-held position of authority under the Roman Republic to become almost wholly reliant on the whims of a given emperor, writes a classics scholar.
To mark the start of Black History Month, a Classicist reflects on the inspiration King drew from ancient Greek culture.
Greek and Roman historians were also known to fudge or fabricate their time in the field.
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