Commentary
Last year, the internet resounded with chatter about how much American and British men ponder the subject of ancient Rome. Women started asking their husbands and boyfriends, “Honey, how often do you think about the Roman Empire?”
Viewpoints
Opinion
Ancient Rome and the Constitution, Part I: Rome in Founding-Era Culture
The interest modern men have in Rome pales compared with that of the American founding generation.
Each summer tourists flock to Rome's Colosseum, pictured here in August 2023. Marc Martin/Los Angeles Times/TNS
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” He also researched and wrote the scholarly article “Virgil and the Constitution,” whose publication is pending in Regent University Law Review.
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