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Politics, Roman style

Asa Bennett explores the lessons that 21st-century politicians could learn from their Roman forebears

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Classicist and political journalist Asa Bennett discusses his new book Romanifesto, which explores the lessons that 21st-century politicians could learn from their Roman forebears.

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