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Caesar salad celebrates its 101st birthday in July 2025. We look at the origins of the popular dish — surprisingly, it ...
One does not have to be a fan of Shakespeare (or iambic pentameter) to know the tragic tale of JULIUS CAESAR – how this would-be-Emperor was felled by members of the Roman Senate, Caesar’s failure to ...
There may be no better place to witness the slow, thunderous unraveling of a republic than beneath the open skies of the ...
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 ...
In this episode, we explore one of history's most dramatic political assassinations—the murder of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, 44 BC. Learn how Brutus, Cassius, and other senators conspired to ...
Explore how Julius Caesar's brutal conquest of Gaul not only expanded Rome's borders but also set the stage for the fall of the Roman Republic. In Part 8, we uncover the military campaigns, political ...
The Roman Republic lasted from 509 to 27BC and a series of unrest and civil wars in the 1st Century BC marked its transition to an empire. "The oldest coin in the hoard dates back to 152BC and has ...
A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week. Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led ...
From Abraham Lincoln's appetite for apples to Mark Twain’s odes to oysters, these are some of the surprising favourite foods ...
The latest version of the Roman Empire dawned at Fenway Park in Boston on Monday. Roman Anthony — son of Anthony Anthony and brother of Anthony Anthony Jr. — botched his Red Sox debut by whiffing on a ...
One of the faintest Zodiac constellations in the night sky is the constellation Libra, the Scales. Like most constellations, ...