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

History is full of sweeping love affairs, from Antony and Cleopatra to Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin and many more ...

The most famous gay couple of antiquity… … were possibly really just close platonic friends. Whether Alexander the Great and ...

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Whether you’re visiting as part of a Jubilee pilgrimage, or your trip to Rome just happens to coincide with this year-long ...

As Donald Trump has gained fame and power, his rage at opponents and appetite for vengeance appear to have sharpened. A ...

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander ... Everyone from Cleopatra to Julius Caesar (pictured ...

"It was only some 300 years after Alexander's death that we get an account [of the tomb]," while ... including Roman emperors like Julius Caesar." Limneos-Papakosta thinks the site's location may have ...

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

"I even read Julius Caesar was very impressed by the German tribes," he said, urging the supporters to "fight, fight, fight" for their country's future. He said the AfD wanted "more self ...