by Richard Barager | Aug 21, 2026 | The Early Roman Republic
Of Roman Bondage The year after the Battle of Lake Regillus put an end to Tarquin the Proud’s bid to reclaim his crown, many Romans discovered that they had traded the shackles of monarchy for the chains of debt. Veterans who fought for Rome’s freedom from kings...
by Richard Barager | Aug 6, 2026 | The Early Roman Republic
Twin Brothers of Helen of Troy The Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 BC was the culmination of a struggle between the fledgling Roman Republic and the deposed Roman monarchy of Tarquinius Superbus—Tarquin the Proud. The conflict also ended the First Latin War, pitting...
by Richard Barager | Jul 21, 2026 | The Early Roman Republic
What Price Liberty? The siege of Rome in 508 BC by the Etruscan King of Clusium, Lars Porsenna, sought to restore the monarchy of Tarquinius Superbus, the last Roman king, whom the Romans had deposed the year before. Porsenna drew a blockade around Rome that slowly...
by Richard Barager | Jul 6, 2026 | The Early Roman Republic
For the Ashes of his Fathers, and the Temples of his Gods The second year of the newborn Roman Republic saw the banished king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, seek to restore his monarchy with the aid of Lars Porsenna, the powerful Etruscan king of Clusium. A large...
by Richard Barager | Jun 1, 2026 | The Early Roman Republic
Nearly as shocking as the Rape of Lucretia, which led to the birth of the Roman Republic, is the tale of Brutus and his treacherous sons, which came to embody the values of the Republic. In the year following the expulsion of Tarquinius the Proud, Rome’s last monarch,...
