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How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the highest office in the Republic), his practical brother Quintus decided he needed some no-nonsense advice on running a successful campaign.

Learn why the Roman Republic collapsed -- and how it could have continued to thrive -- with this insightful history from an award-winning author. In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged...

Las Leyes es una obra filosófico-política escrita por Cicerón hacia el final de su vida, entre 52 y 43 antes de Cristo. La obra está concebida como una continuación de su obra sobre la república, y ambas están inspiradas en los diálogos platónicos. Cicerón la escribió en forma de diálogo, con él mismo como personaje principal junto a su hermano Quinto y su amigo Ático...

Dive into the captivating narrative of The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, an extraordinary literary achievement from the 18th century by the renowned English historian Edward Gibbon. This volume, part of a six-volume series, explores the Roman Empires journey from the reign of Marcus Aurelius around 180 AD to its eventual twilight in 1453 and beyond, concluding in 1590. Gibbon meticulously examines the pivotal behaviors and decisions that precipitated the decline and ultimate fall of both the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, offering profound insights into the factors ...

Delve into the monumental work of Edward Gibbon, the renowned English historian, with Volume III of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. This literary masterpiece, published in six volumes during the 18th century, chronicles the turbulent period following the reign of Marcus Aurelius, spanning from 180 AD to 1453 and beyond, with a conclusion in 1590. Gibbon meticulously examines the critical events and decisions that contributed to the disintegration of the Roman Empire in both the East and West. Often regarded as the first modern historian of ancient Rome, Gibbons ...

Politics is the second half of a single treatise by Aristotle (384 B.C.E - 322 B.C.E.), Ethics being the first. Both deal with one and the same subject: what Aristotle calls the philosophy of human affairs. He also refers to it as political science and social science. Aristotle collected and studied the constitutions of over 150 city states before writing his Politics.

Breaking Ranks is an interview based podcast where we interview dynamic leaders to get insight in to their personal journey, philosophy, and what motivated them to where they are today.

The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous - and massive - Lives, including politicians and generals such as Pericles, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony. Luckily for us, Plutarch distilled what he learned about wise leadership in a handful of essays, which are filled with essential lessons for experienced and aspiring leaders in any field today.