A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c ... the northern borders of the empire and tackle its enemies in the east. At home, he reformed the Roman calendar, tackled local government ...

S ome years seem to zip by in the blink of an eye, while others seem to drag on for far longer. But some, like leap years, ...

Julius Caesar arrived in Alexandria days after ... together the two appeared to lay out plans for an eastern Roman empire. Antony and Octavian's fragile peace came to an end in 31 B.C., when ...

What Was a Roman Emperor’s Daily Life Like?' Classicist and author Mary Beard sits down with Tristan Hughes in this filmed podcast for the The Ancients podcast to discuss the role of the Roman Emperor ...

Tax day has changed history, with examples including the Rosetta Stone, Julius Caesar’s progressive policies, Caesar Augustus ...

Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...

The outrage that followed set the stage for the civil wars that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the birth of the ...

Tariffs of 25% in ancient Rome led to the rise of black markets—a potential challenge for the Trump administration too.

The phrase comes from William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," in which a soothsayer ... who were well versed in the history of the Roman Empire, according to Eric Rasmussen, a Shakespeare scholar ...

As the Roman Empire expanded and became richer, its wealthy citizens demanded increasing amounts of luxury items, especially ...