Last Wednesday, as the sun was rising in Rome and ballots were being counted across America—but before any swing states had been called—I took a brisk walk to the mausoleum of the Emperor Augustus.

The Mausoleum of Augustus is a funerary monument of the emperor Octavian Augustus. Construction began by his will in 29 BC, when he had not yet become emperor. Building started upon his return from ...

Mortal Republic traces the key events in the period leading to the downfall of the Roman Republic, which eventually culminated in a series of violent civil wars and the emergence of Octavian Augustus ...