Boris Johnson’s reference to an ancient Roman statesman in his resignation speech has fuelled a fervent online debate, with some suggesting it could imply a future return to frontline politics. In the ...

Outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson referenced a Roman dictator in his leaving speech outside Number 10 this morning, possibly hinting at his intention to return to frontline politics. Before ...

On Tuesday, outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave his final speech in front of 10 Downing Street and declared “like Cincinnatus, I am returning to my plow.” But Johnson — and nearly all ...

“The first—the last—the best: The Cincinnatus of the West.” Lord Byron paid tribute to George Washington by way of a classical metaphor, which, by the early 19th century, had become the predominant ...

George Washington famously became America’s Cincinnatus by voluntarily resigning his appointment as commander in chief of the United States armed forces. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus was a Roman ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage. Two political myths inspired the dreams and haunted the nightmares of the Founders ...

Attachment is a curse. It makes leaders lose all sense and sensibility, especially concerning what belongs to them and what doesn't. That happened to Jack Welch, the much celebrated former chairman ...

At the time, Cincinnatus was living in retirement on his four-acre farm outside of Rome and representatives from the Senate found him working in his field. When he learned of the emergency facing Rome ...