"Veni, vidi, vici," or "I came, I saw, I conquered," is a phrase popularly attributed to Julius Caesar — but why did the ...

President Trump signs an executive order. (Image from White House video) Commentators love to compare Donald Trump’s norm-breaking ways to Julius Caesar’s momentous decision to “cross the ...

This doomed romance ended abruptly in 44 BCE when Caesar was quite literally stabbed in the back (and from all sides) by his enemies in Rome. She pretty soon hooked up with one of his closest allies.

Julia, Caesar’s only daughter and Pompey’s wife, is prepared to give birth. But not long after going into labor, Julia suffers medical complications and dies; a few days later, her newborn ...

Pompey’s wife and son, Cornelia and Sextus, and the Roman general Curio beg for peace. But Ptolemy, vying for Caesar’s endorsement, sends him Pompey’s severed head, to everyone’s horror.

Julius Caesar tears up the rulebook in his quest to become Rome’s greatest man. Caesar enters into dangerous alliances and bends the rules of the Republic in his bid to become Consul: the ...

The U.S. Faces the Same Risks Ancient Rome Faced in Caesar’s Day 6 minute read A statue of Julius Caesar in Rome Grant Faint—Getty Images By Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History ...

Julius Caesar’s proclamation veni, vidi, vici, better known in English as “I came, I saw, I conquered,” is without a doubt one of the most famous quotations from antiquity.

Pompey, misinformed about the strength of his rival, chose to retreat, embarking his fleet to Greece and thus leaving the Italian peninsula in the hands of Caesar’s forces. Unable to pursue him by sea ...

That campaign—a battle between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great—lasted roughly four years and spanned half a dozen territories before culminating in southern Spain, where Caesar secured victory.