.That last emperor's name was, ironically, Romulus. The Roman Kingdom, Republic,Empire, Dictatorship, and others have affected all of us. The United States government incommonly known as a democracy, but it's actually a Republic, almost identical to theRoman one. The Roman government was one of the most powerful ever, at one pointruling most of the civilized world. It is almost certainly the best known. Ask anyone aboutRomulus and Remus, Gaius Julius Caesar, Augustus, Caligula, Nero, Constantine; they'llknow who you're talking about. The term Caesar was used to mean ruler for thousands ofyears after his death. Both the German word Kaiser as well as the Russian word Czar arefrom the name Caesar and mean ruler. Today some three-fourths of the countries areRepublic, styled after the Romans. The Romans are probably the most influential people ofall-time. ...
