Commentary The historian Livy, whose influence with the founding generation was the topic of the previous installment, died in 17 C.E. In the two centuries following, the Roman Empire produced many other influential writers. The Roman Empire had a pair of official languages: Greek in the eastern part of the realm and Latin in the…

Commentary Answering Questions About This Series Some questions have arisen on this series, which I think best to clear up now. First: As the series title indicates, these essays are about the ideas contributing to the American Constitution, not about the goals of the American Revolution. The goals of the Revolution changed over time. At…