The Roman poet Propertius called Cleopatra “the whore queen.” Cassius Dio referred to her as a “woman of insatiable sexuality and insatiable avarice.” They, and other Roman men like them, were largely ...

When the Western Roman Empire fell, its influence endured - reshaped and reasserted by those eager to carry its mantle. In ...

So it is a pity that Caesar: the Life of a Colossus sometimes reads more like a textbook than the biography of a flesh-and-blood being. Paragraphs are of Proustian length.

You can always have confidence in Caesar salad, no matter the situation. It finds a way to shine whether you need it to step in as the main dish or take a back seat as a side.

Brownsville August W. Corfont, Jr., 81, of Brownsville, passed away peacefully, after a brief illness, Friday, June 13, 2025, with his loving family by his side. “Auggie” was born February 22 ...

Take East Tennessee, where the Eighth of August, known as Emancipation Day, has been the traditional celebration to mark the end of slavery, remind the nation of its bloodguilt and agitate for a ...