LIX, BCE. The Roman LIX translates into 59 in Arabic, soon to proclaimed “American Numerals” by Trumpius Maximus, newly ...

Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...

Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius.

Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius.

Brave New World’ says it’s about uniting against greater evils—and responds to the recent uproar over Anthony Mackie’s comments about the character.

In Italy, it is not uncommon to find streets and neighborhoods named Cincinnatus, but even more familiar is the name of a ...

Learn what this Roman emperor's secret garden meant to Roman society and why the discovery speaks to ancient Roman life.

Amid violence and disorder in the Roman Republic, dodgy legal maneuvering made things worse. Cicero was far from blameless.

Starting out as a Roman statesman and military leader, Augustus used his cunning and political leverage to become the first … ...