As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

Today in History for July 13: In 100 B.C., Julius Caesar, the most famous general in Roman history, was born. In 1762, Czar Peter III of Russia was dethroned in a coup. In 1789, the British ship ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have unearthed what may be an ancient villa they believe belonged to the first Roman ...

Brutus, Cassius, Cicero... and a betrayal that changed Rome forever. This is the true story behind Caesar’s fall.

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s visit to Kaduna last week was more than a routine political engagement; it was a masterclass in ...

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power ...

Caesar giving Cleopatra the Throne of Egypt. Public Domain The Greek queen of Egypt Cleopatra is associated with a very public love affair with Roman leader Julius Caesar apart from her glamorous ...

I drove past the Largo Argentina, where Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. I spied the Circus Maximus, where games and chariot races were regularly held when Rome was at the height of its ...

As some of you perhaps know, I was in Rome earlier this month, providing commentary for various news networks who were covering the papal conclave. It was a fascinating, exhausting, and exhilarating ...

I drove past the Largo Argentina, where Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. I spied the Circus Maximus, where games and chariot races were regularly held when Rome was at the height of its ...

Meanwhile, Julius Caesar’s assassination in 44 B.C.E. soon plunged Rome into civil war and destabilized Cleopatra’s rule. She quickly allied herself with one of Caesar’s successors, Mark Antony, ...