It’s striking to compare the radical departure in Jesus Christ’s message from the kingdom of domination, intimidation and ...

the consul Mark Antony offered Julius Caesar a laurel-wreathed diadem. The gesture was met with slow, scattered applause. But when Caesar brushed the crown aside, the crowd erupted in cheers.

In Geneva, a rare Roman gold coin featuring the portrait of Marcus Brutus, the infamous assassin of Julius Caesar ... Baldacci explained that the laurel crown is a sign "for a person who wants ...