by Authority of the good People of these Colonies....these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States...

This article was originally issued in July 2021, as we celebrated the 4th, in the United States, and the American Declaration of...

While this post will start in "modern" times with a "modern" coin, I will ask the reader's patience...eventually it will go back to...

The history of the Roman Republic has no shortage of dramatic figures and events, and yet the story of Cato the Younger (Cato Minor)...

Marius and Sulla tore at the fabric of the Roman republic with their personal ambitions which led to civil wars for the Roman Republic in...

With this post, I return to the Roman Republic, with a coin from Lucius Cornelius Sulla. This denarius is from Sulla's dictatorship,...

"Whenever you desire to cheer yourself, think upon the merits of those who are alive with you; the energy of one, for instance, the...

Today's coin of interest starts with a symbol that takes on new meaning as we move from a mosaic in the Trident House in Delos, Greece...

On 21-Feb-1787, The provisional government of the United States, established under the Articles of Confederation, agreed to a resolution...