The two most powerful people in the senate were the consuls. Every year, the citizens of the Roman Republic voted for who they wanted to be consul. In the early days, Rome was ruled by kings.

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In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two ...

Two millennia ago, the aromas of Arabian scents such as frankincense and myrrh drifted through the markets of ancient Rome.