March has long had a Joan Jett-like "bad reputation," initially because of the assassination of Julius Caesar. That’s where many people get one of the few Latin phrases they know: "Et tu ...

From verses and ballads to dramas and lyrics, judges seek wisdom in the words of the greats: Shakespeare’s plays, Sahir ...

I was eating my morning toast recently, as BBC Radio 4’s Today programme quoted Lenin during a discussion on current global political upheavals ...

S ome years seem to zip by in the blink of an eye, while others seem to drag on for far longer. But some, like leap years, ...

The Gospel accounts of the “two kingdoms” represented in Jesus and Caesar seem strikingly contemporary here and now.

The Trump administration’s economic and immigration policies dominated the news again this week. Though it’s almost mid-April, March Madness came to a close this week. No. 1 seed Florida ...

The Ides of March - March 15 - is famous for an act of rebellion on that day in 44 BC when a group of senators assassinated the Roman dictator Julius Caesar. The day marked a turning point in ...

Scientists in France may be hot on the trail of a long-lost canal that the Romans built over two millennia ago while battling the Celts. At that time, the Roman Republic was protecting its new ...