# \#ancient-rome **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/ancient-rome/2542.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [How a Republic Dies](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-a-republic-dies/5653)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [6 November 2024 13:21 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-a-republic-dies/5653 "2024-11-06T13:21:21Z")
A timely book to read. “Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny”, by Edward J. Watts, ISBN 978-0-465-09381-6, 336 pages (2018). The decline of the Roman Republic was a long process with many characters and many tw… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Ancient Rome's Worst Emperors](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-ancient-romes-worst-emperors/4292)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [4 February 2024 13:34 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-ancient-romes-worst-emperors/4292 "2024-02-04T13:34:40Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [Death of a Republic](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/death-of-a-republic/4229)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [20 January 2024 17:36 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/death-of-a-republic/4229 "2024-01-20T17:36:30Z")
I was highly impressed with Goodman & Soni’s biography of Claude Shannon, thereby raising the question of whether they had co-written any other books. Yes they had! “Rome’s Last Citizen: The Life & Legacy of Cato, Mort… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Following Caesar](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-following-caesar/4215)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [14 January 2024 13:35 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-following-caesar/4215 "2024-01-14T13:35:24Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week's Book Review - From Caligula to the Nazis](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-from-caligula-to-the-nazis/3813)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [1 October 2023 12:51 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-from-caligula-to-the-nazis/3813 "2023-10-01T12:51:26Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [This Week's Book Review - Desperate Undertaking](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-desperate-undertaking/1810)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [7 August 2022 12:36 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-desperate-undertaking/1810 "2022-08-07T12:36:29Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo…