Augustus, a man meticulous about his public image and about consolidating power as the first emperor of Rome, had rather ...

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.

Father Michael said Saint Valentine was one, very real person– or at least the man that the church honored with a feast was no legend. He said he did not know of the secret marriage ceremonies, but ...

The Roman Empire's enduring legacy has profoundly impacted modern politics, architecture, law, and culture. Yet, its origins ...

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

Torn between the futile noblity of Marcus Brutus, and the clear-eyed visions of Marcus Aurelius, the latter serves best as ...

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

The Romans added January and February to the calendar but ran into a problem — math and superstition. Here's why February became the odd month out.

Valentine’s Day -- the holiday made for a Hallmark movie. At least that’s what it seems like now. But it wasn’t always so ...

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

Could it be that we’ve crossed a Rubicon to a constitutional crisis?