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When Democracy Dies: the Fall of the Roman Republic in 27 BC – Antigone

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America is often compared to Rome: both are considered the most powerful nations of their day; both threw off the yoke of monarchical rule through revolution; both have, or had, operated a successful democratic republic for centuries. America, in fact, was indeed consciously modelled after Rome: Thomas Jefferson found his inspiration for the Declaration of Independence in Cicero, while Hamilton, Madison, and Jay wrote the Federalist Papers under the name ‘Publius’. The Fall of Rome been a favorite topic of modern-day American politicians – and fearmongers: is Washington D.C. about to face a similar fall? Such parallels neglect one crucial fact: the Founding Fathers modelled the United States on the Roman Republic, not the Empire that fell in AD 476. Five centuries before the Roman Empire fell, the Republic ended in 27 BC with the ascendancy of the Emperor Augustus. Free citizens of Rome denounced the very idea of a king, or rex. They were proud of their forefathers who had expelled the

Morgan Kim Rome and America America is often compared to Rome: both are considered the most powerful nations of their day; both threw off the yoke of monarchical rule through revolution; both have, or had, operated a successful democratic republic for centuries. America, in fact, was indeed consciously modelled after Rome: Thomas Jefferson found his inspiration for the Declaration of Independence in Cicero, while Hamilton, Madison, and Jay wrote the Federalist Papers under the name ‘Publius’. The Fall of Rome been a favorite topic of modern-day American politicians – and fearmongers: is Washin

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