Not bad...but the cringe-simplistic "Republic = Good, Dictator = Bad" framing ignores an enormous amount of Roman history, and underlying social complexities.

Not bad...but the cringe-simplistic "Republic = Good, Dictator = Bad" framing ignores an enormous amount of Roman history, and underlying social complexities. If you are interested in understanding how ancient Rome actually worked, I'd suggest starting here: https://acoup.blog/tag/rome/ https://acoup.blog/tag/rome/ Dr. Devereaux is a serious historian, and this is pretty much his specialty.