Massimo Siragusa / Constrasto / Redux Climbing the Campidoglio, or Capitoline Hill, which has lured visitors to Rome since the days of the Caesars, still provides the best, most inspiring ...

Seen as a welcome breath of fresh air when he took the throne, Caligula’s (12 ... trials, Rome welcomed its new emperor. The youngest son of the war hero, Germanicus, Gaius Caesar had ...

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history. Although he did not rule for long, he gave Rome fresh hope and a ...

In 49 B.C. on the banks of the Rubicon, Julius Caesar faced a critical choice. To remain in Gaul meant forfeiting his power to his enemies in Rome. Crossing the river into Italy would be a ...

Condemnation will never be lacking for the dreadful deeds committed by the house of Caesar… The Roman historian Suetonius’ The Lives of the Caesars, written during the early imperial period of ...