I've done several episodes pertaining to ancient Rome. The reason is that so many of the foundational things in our world, from our alphabet to our calendar to the names of our months, can all be traced back to Rome.

During those episodes, I've often talked about the Roman

Republic and the Roman Empire. However many people may not realize what the

difference is between the two. When did the Republic become an empire and why?

Learn more about the Roman Empire versus the Roman Republic on this episode of

Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by Audible.

My audiobook recommendation today is

SPQR, a History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard.

SPQR is quite simply one of the best books about the history of ancient Rome by one of the world's greatest Roman historians.

Opening the audiobook in 63 BC with the famous clash between the populist aristocrat Catalan and Cicero, the renowned politician

and order, Beard animates this terrorist conspiracy, which was aimed at the very heart of

the republic,

demonstrating how the singular event would presage

the struggle between democracy and autocracy

that would come to define much of Rome subsequent history.

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link in the show notes. To understand the Roman Republic versus the Roman Empire,

we have to take a step back even further to the Roman kingdom.

The kingdom of Rome doesn't get as much attention as

the other phases of Roman history because when it was a kingdom it was little more

than a city. It was just one of many such kingdoms dotting the map on the

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