Drawing inspiration from the Roman Republic to discourage tyranny
Roman history was once a bit more serious than the question: which emperor reminds you most of Donald Trump? Before the imperial family of Caligula and Nero began their careers fueling cyber quizzes, there were around five centuries of a Roman Republic which offered real answers to politicians about how they should fix checks and balances, separate state powers and discourage tyrants. When former British prime minister Boris Johnson wrote The Dream of Rome as training for power in 2006, he too focused on the Roman empire and its varyingly persuasive parallels with the European Union.
