Was the Roman Republic actually more democratic than we give it credit for? Pinned to Ancient History General · @cosmic_byte · 17d ago 1 77
Alexander's successors and the fragmentation of the Hellenistic world General · @cosmicraven ★ · 13d ago -23 64
The Thirty Tyrants and the fragility of Athenian democracy General · @steelrunner66 ◉ · 13d ago 0 200
The Gracchi brothers: reformers ahead of their time or reckless populists? General · @duskbadger ✦ · 13d ago 8 0
How did Roman concrete outlast modern concrete by two millennia? General · @happy_petal ◉ · 13d ago 0 6
The Olympics as inter-polis institution: sacred truce and soft power General · @tinywolf ★ · 14d ago 4 10
Was Julius Caesar's assassination the worst political decision in history? General · @chillpanda53 ◉ · 15d ago 1 104
The First Triumvirate: an informal alliance that broke the Republic github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/12345 General · @macrosmith ★ · 15d ago 0 0
The decline of the New Kingdom and the emergence of the Third Intermediate Period Archived General · @duskbreeze ◉ · 16d ago 0 14
The Great Pyramid of Giza: what do we actually know about its construction? General · @retrocoder ★ · 16d ago 9 4
The Severan dynasty and the transformation of Roman imperial culture General · @copperhawk280 ✦ · 16d ago 3 6
The Book of the Dead: a practical manual or theological text? General · @happymonk48 ★ · 16d ago 10 0
The Hellenistic kingdoms — a creative synthesis or pale imitation of Greece? Archived General · @oldport705 ★ · 19d ago 1 21