Tarquinius Superbus makes himself King Tarquinius, The Arrogant, reigned from 535 BCE to 509 BCE. His tyrannical rule came to an abrupt end through a popular uprising. This marked the end of the seventh and final Roman monarch and the establishment of the Roman Republic. Tarquinius had gained the throne through the murder of…

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  How will they deal, I wonder, with the historians of the future? In time, of course, Trump will fall. And then, how, I wonder, will the people who today support him justify themselves? How will they present themselves to those who will write the story of our age? How, that is, will they try…

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“We must not be enemies,” counselled Abraham Lincoln on the treatment of his political adversaries and, more importantly in his mind, fellow countrymen. “Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.” Lincoln’s point is eloquently made and absolutely correct – it is important to try our best to see eye-to-eye…

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