Among the reasons for the Empire's failure was the leadership at the very top. From around 200-400 AD, the later Emperors frequently rose to and fell from office, with struggles for power becoming ...

The vagaries of palace politics are notoriously difficult to record. Historians should pay attention to rumour. D onald Trump ...

Macrinus "was the first Emperor who did not come from the senatorial class,” instead serving under Caracalla as a Praetorian prefect dealing with Rome’s civic affairs, adds Bartsch.

Starting out as a Roman statesman and military leader, Augustus used his cunning and political leverage to become the first … ...

Praetorian Capital, an investment management company, released its fourth-quarter 2024 investor letter. For the full year, the fund lost 10.55% net of fees. The fund was down by 14.76% net of fees ...

Praetorian Capital, an investment management company, released its fourth-quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. For the full year, the fund lost 10.55% net of ...

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She is Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla, the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Brambilla, who will turn 60 on March 27 ...

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