According to the Roman historian Suetonius, Augustus boasted that he had found Rome a city of mudbrick and left it a city of marble: “Marmoream se relinquere, quam latericiam accepisset,” in his words ...

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Julius Caesar reportedly said his last words in Greek: "And you, son Brutus?" But why did Caesar choose to speak these words ...

We know everything about male gladiators, but what about women in the arena? Historical research and archaeology demonstrate ...

War is full of surprises. Sometimes the underdog triumphs against impossible odds, and other times, overwhelming force ...

Lynley, based on the series of almost two dozen books by crime queen Elizabeth George, is an heir to the classic detectives ...

Think about it: the people who shaped our world, the ones who commanded armies and ruled empires, they weren't superhuman.

"All I want is an income of 20,000 sesterces from secure investments," proclaims a character in a poem by Juvenal (1st–2nd ...

According to Suetonius (Lives of the Caesars, Julius 81) there were many warnings presented to Julius Caesar about his impending doom. He received bad omens such as the discovery of a table of brass ...

The Roman Empire conjures up images of military power, gladiatorial contests, and feats of engineering, but to the men who ruled, life was complicated and fraught with risk. Julius Caesar, whose power ...

There has been much catastrophizing in Taiwan recently about America becoming more unreliable as a bulwark against Chinese pressure. Some of this has been sparked by debates in Washington about ...

In mid-February last year, Russian authorities placed then-Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas — now EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy — and several others on a wanted ...