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‘No kings!’: like the LA protesters, the early Romans hated kings, too

By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University
‘No kings’ would effectively be the watchword through the Roman republic’s entire history. ‘Rex’ was a word the Romans hated. It was short-hand for ‘tyranny’.The Conversation


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