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.

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

The Syrian military defector who documented atrocities committed by the Bashar Assad regime by smuggling tens of thousands of photos of Syrian detainees killed by torture has revealed his identity.

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 … ...