LIX, BCE. The Roman LIX translates into 59 in Arabic, soon to proclaimed “American Numerals” by Trumpius Maximus, newly ...

Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...

History is full of sweeping love affairs, from Antony and Cleopatra to Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin and many more ...

Father Michael said Saint Valentine was one, very real person– or at least the man that the church honored with a feast was no legend. He said he did not know of the secret marriage ceremonies, but ...

Torn between the futile noblity of Marcus Brutus, and the clear-eyed visions of Marcus Aurelius, the latter serves best as ...

Augustus, a man meticulous about his public image and about consolidating power as the first emperor of Rome, had rather ...

Born Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar, Caesarion was the son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII. His birth symbolized ...

The Romans added January and February to the calendar but ran into a problem — math and superstition. Here's why February ...