Roman politics
Toga-clad power struggles
Roman politics refers to the governmental system and power dynamics of ancient Rome, spanning the Republic's elected magistrates and senate through the Empire's autocratic rule.
The phrase often carries connotations of intrigue, factional maneuvering, and ruthless ambition: The office was full of Roman politics—alliances shifting daily, everyone angling for advantage.
Used figuratively for any environment where power struggles dominate.
- public officeGovernmental role through election
- SenateLegislative body, often bicameral's elder
- civil warDomestic armed conflict
- Twelve TablesEarly Roman legal code
- Pax RomanaImperial era of stability
imperial succession · Augustus · Rome · Praetor · mob rule · bread and circuses · Brutus · Ides of March · Caesar · crossing the Rubicon · assassination · veto · patrician · toga · legions · corruption · tyranny · power
Roman politicsAthenian democracy
Ancient Greek participatory government
direct democracy · Greek democracy · popular sovereignty · tribal governance · theocracy
Roman politicsegalitarianism
Philosophy of universal equality
pacifism · isolationism · popular sovereignty · anti-imperialism · decentralization