In 69 AD, Rome had four emperors, Galba, who was killed by the Praetorian Guard, Ortho, who committed suicide, Vitellius who was killed by Vespasian’s soldiers. Rome then gained stability again under the fourth emperor, Vespasian. Trump is now the American emperor (so to speak) and Biden is set to undo him and take over imperial (again so to speak) power. But McConnell, the head of a cohort of Republicans in the Senate, is looking to seize power. If Biden gains national rule, Washington may resemble ancient Rome politically. Before the dictatorship of emperors, Rome was ruled by two consuls who shared power equally. Will it turn out that Biden will be one consul as president and McConnell the other consul as head of the senate? Usually in the Roman Empire, one consul dealt outside of Rome with various parts of the empire and the other consul dealt with local business in Rome. Biden will have full diplomatic power and will deal with relations outside of Washington, but the other consul (always so to speak), McConnell, will be fixed in Washington controlling with his stamp of approval legislation. During the time of the four emperors, Rome was plagued by terrible civil wars. Let’s hope that the memory of ancient civil disasters in the Roman Empire will keep our three aspirants to enormous power civil.
Daniel McNeill
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